Question Hour

E743926

legislative oversight mechanism parliamentary procedure

Question Hour is a designated period in parliamentary proceedings during which members question ministers about their ministries’ policies, actions, and decisions to ensure accountability and transparency.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Question Time in the Australian House of Representatives	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative oversight mechanism ⓘ parliamentary procedure ⓘ
dependsOn	rules of procedure of the respective house ⓘ
focusesOn	ministries’ actions ⓘ ministries’ decisions ⓘ ministries’ policies ⓘ
hasFunction	highlight issues of public importance ⓘ obtain information from the executive ⓘ scrutinize executive decisions ⓘ
hasPurpose	ensure ministerial accountability ⓘ promote transparency in government ⓘ
includesActivity	questioning of ministers by members ⓘ
involves	members of parliament ⓘ ministers ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	lower houses of parliament ⓘ upper houses of parliament ⓘ
isCharacteristicOf	parliamentary democracies ⓘ
isRegularFeatureOf	many national parliaments ⓘ many state or provincial legislatures ⓘ
isTimeBound	true ⓘ
isToolOf	legislative oversight of the executive ⓘ
mayInclude	starred questions ⓘ supplementary questions ⓘ unstarred questions ⓘ
occursDuring	parliamentary proceedings ⓘ
requires	prior notice of questions ⓘ
supportsPrinciple	executive accountability to the legislature ⓘ responsible government ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter Session → includes → Question Hour ⓘ

Zero Hour → relatedTo → Question Hour ⓘ

subject surface form: Zero Hour (Indian Parliament)

Leader of the Opposition (Australia) → participatesIn → Question Hour ⓘ

this entity surface form: Question Time in the Australian House of Representatives