No Question Hour during the Monsoon Session
- Posted By
10Pointer
- Categories
Polity & Governance
- Published
4th Sep, 2020
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- In view of the pandemic and a truncated Monsoon Session, Parliament has said no to Question Hour and curtailed Zero Hour.
- Question Hour is the liveliest hour in Parliament. It is of one hour.
- The Members of Parliament ask questions of ministers and hold them accountable for the functioning of their ministries in this zero hour.
- Questions have to be limited to 150 words. Questions should not seek information about matters that are secret or are under adjudication before courts.
- The presiding officers of the two houses are the final authority with respect to the conduct of Question Hour.
- It is the presiding officers of the two Houses who finally decide whether a question raised by an MP will be admitted for answering by the government.
