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Question time   /kwˈɛstʃən taɪm/   Listen
Question time

noun
1.
A period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers.





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"Question time" Quotes from Famous Books



... conversation arising on motion for adjournment. RUPERT GWYNNE, jealous for due observance of traditions of House, has noticed with concern the departure for Canada for indefinite period of Member for East St. Pancras. At Question time asked CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER whether Mr. MARTIN had applied for Chiltern Hundreds. Answered in the negative, he put a further question to PREMIER, directing his attention to Act of 6 HENRY VIII. c. 16, ordering that no Member of Parliament ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 • Various
... LAW all meals are oatmeals. A plate of porridge at daybreak, bannocks slightly margarined, when possible, for lunch, and a stiff cup of gruel just after Question time keep ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 19, 1917 • Various


Words linked to "Question time" :   United Kingdom, period, period of time, Britain, Great Britain, UK, U.K., United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, time period


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