Chapter 5 - Officers
of the Senate:
Parliamentary administration
Questions to the
President
The standing orders
do not provide for the President to be asked questions, either without or on
notice. Nonetheless, it is now common practice for questions to be asked of the
President, on the ground that certain matters, particularly dealing with
Parliamentary administration, can be answered satisfactorily only by the
President, rather than by a Minister to whom otherwise the question would have
to be addressed. Questions to the President are usually without notice, but are
occasionally placed on the Notice Paper. Answers are given either immediately
or when the information becomes available.
The President also appears before the relevant committee, accompanied
by parliamentary officers, to answer questions on the estimates for the Senate
Department and the joint parliamentary department, and may be required to answer
further questions in committee of the whole on those estimates. (See Supplement)
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