Question Time
131. The procedure for Question Time is as follows:
- Questions are asked orally and may be read and are subject to the same
rules as written questions but shall not be recorded in the Questions and
Answers Paper.
- An answer to a question must not exceed five minutes.
- At the conclusion of the Minister's answer to a question, the member who
asked the question may, at the discretion of the Speaker, seek additional
information from the Minister. The Minister's response on the additional
information must not exceed two minutes.
- The Speaker has discretion at any time during a Minister's answer to order
that the timing on the clock be paused.
- No question shall be asked after 45 minutes from the Speaker calling on
questions or the answering of 10 questions whichever is the longer.
- One supplementary question per Question Time, may be asked immediately by
the Member asking the original question. The answer shall count as one of the
10 answers.
- The Leader of the Opposition is entitled to be called first by the Speaker
at the commencement of Question Time.
- Ministers seeking to provide additional information to questions already
answered at the current or a previous sitting shall do so at the conclusion of
Question Time.
amended 16 November 2010 and 8 October 2015 |
