Shift the Question Hour in LokSabha to 12 noon;Baijayant Jay Panda MP

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Baijayant "Jay" Panda

Member of Parliament

(Lok Sabha)

Kendrapara,Odisha

Member:

• Committee on Public Undertakings

• Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance

• Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs

RO/201415/9 C 0

4th December 2014

To,

Smt. Sumitra Mahajan

Honorable Speaker of the Lok Sabha

New Delhi 110001

Subject: To propose that Question Hour be shifted to 12 noon

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I am writing to propose that you consider shifting the Question Hour from 11 am to 12

noon. Question Hour is an integral part of Members' ability to keep the government

accountable to its citizens. Unfortunately, it is subject to disruption when Members wish

to bring up Zero Hour matters during Question Hour, such as has already happened

several times during this session.

Shifting Question Hour and Zero Hour will make both hours more efficient. Starting the

day with Zero Hour at 11 am will enable Members to bring up urgent matters

immediately without disrupting Question Hour. This will ensure that there is enough time

for Members to ask the questions that have been selected for Question Hour and for

Ministers to answer them.

On November ze", the Rajya Sabha voted on the 13th Report of the Committee on

Rules, formalizing the Chairman's direction to change the timing of Question Hour to 12

noon in the Upper House. Now that the Rajya Sabha has changed the timing of its

Question Hour, the Lok Sabha should do the same.

I hope you will consider this proposal favorably.

With warm regards,

Yours Sincerely,

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Baijayant "Jay" Panda

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