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| Meira Kumar inaugurates 75th All India POs' Conference | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, June 20: Saying that the "Question Hour" has a special significance in the proceedings of the House, particularly in ventilating the grievances of the public in the matters concerning the administration and working matters, concerning the administration and working of the Ministers and their allied departments and organizations, the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar today said some key decisions have in the recent past been taken to increase the efficacy of the Question Hour which will be operative from the Fifth Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha. These procedural changes will meet the long felt need to regulate the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha more effectively, she added. Meira Kumar was addressing at the inauguration of the 75th All India Presiding Officer's Conference at the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Complex this morning.
Elaborating on the decision, Meria Kumar said the hitherto minimum and maximum period of 10 and 21 days respectively, for giving notices by the Members for Questions has been done away with and a uniform period of fifteen days has been prescribed for giving such notices.
Secondly, the Speaker has now been vested with powers to direct answer to a Starred Question of a member who is absent in the House when his or her name is called.
Thirdly, a Member is now required to make a statement in the House correcting the reply given by him or her earlier, irrespective of the fact whether the reply given pertained to a Starred or Unstarred or a Short Notice Question.
Fourthly, the number of notices of Questions which a Member is entitled to give, both for oral and written answers in a day, has been limited to ten. She said these procedural changes will meet the long-felt mud to regulate the Questions Hour in the Lok Sabha effectively. She said asking questions is an inherent right of members in our parliamentary democracy and emphasized "that the interest of the people can be better served by ensuring that the House runs in order."
Coming to the topics of deliberation at this Conference, Meria Kumar said "we will be discussing two subjects of enormous parliamentary importance, namely, Growing Tendency to Disrupt the Question Hour and the need to check it, and significance of the committee system in parliament and the need to strengthen it".
Meria Kumar conveyed deep appreciation to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Speaker, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Acting Chairman S. Arvinder Singh Micky, Deputy Speaker, Mohammad Sartaj Madni, Secretary and staff of the J&K Legislature Secretariat and all those associated with the meticulous planning and organization of this Conference and for the warm and generous hospitality extended to us.
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