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S.O.132 Written Questions

Written Questions

132. The procedure for written questions is as follows:
      1. Questions shall be handed to one of the Clerks-at-the-Table or lodged in the Procedure Office by 12.00 noon on a sitting day for publication in the next sitting day's paper.
      2. A question containing argument, unbecoming expressions or otherwise not conforming with the practice of the House may:
          1. Under the authority of the Speaker, be amended by the Clerk or divided if it contains matters that are not relevant to each other.
          2. Be ordered not to be printed by the Speaker or removed from the Questions and Answers Paper.
      3. The number of questions able to be lodged accumulative over one sitting week are:
          1. Members " three questions per sitting day
          2. The Leader of the Opposition " four questions per sitting day
      4. Ministers shall lodge answers to written questions within 35 calendar days after the question is first published. On sitting days answers must be submitted by 12.00 noon on the due date, to be published in the next sitting day's paper. Any answers lodged after this time will be published at a subsequent time. Answers must be signed and lodged in hard copy as well as electronically.
      5. If an answer to a written question is not received within 35 calendar days the Speaker, at the next sitting day after the expiry date, shall forthwith inform the House and the Minister shall immediately explain to the House the reason for non-compliance.
      6. If the Minister, after explanation in the House, has not submitted an answer within 3 sitting days the Speaker shall again inform the House and the Minister shall again be called to explain with such procedure continuing until a written answer is submitted.

amended 3 July 2009

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