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In parliamentary procedure, requests and inquiries are motions used by members of a deliberative assembly to obtain information or to do or have something done that requires permission of the assembly. Except for a request to be excused from a duty, these requests and inquiries are not debatable nor amendable.
A Parliamentary Inquiry Committee is an investigation committee of the legislative branch, which transforms the parliamentary house itself into a committee to hear testimonies and gather information directly. At the municipal level, its correct name is Special Inquiry Committee. [1] The committee is set up for a limited duration.
Parliamentary inquiry may refer to: Parliamentary inquiry (parliamentary procedure), a question from a member of a deliberative assembly to the chair regarding rules or procedures; Parliamentary Inquiry Commission, a legislative commission that investigates and reports on particular events or topics
The parliamentary inquiry into the approach to the corona pandemic is an ongoing parliamentary inquiry by the Dutch House of Representatives that is investigating the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 4 November 2021, the House of Representatives unanimously adopted a motion by VVD MP Aukje de Vries calling for this parliamentary ...
The Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament, has the right to conduct parliamentary inquiries pursuant to article 56 of the Belgian Constitution, which provides that "Each Chamber has the right of inquiry". [1] The Senate also had a right to enquiry until 2014. Committees of inquiry were rarely set up until ...
The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC) Postpone temporarily, or table; Close debate; Limit or extend debate; Postpone to a certain time; Refer to committee; Amend; Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure (Demeter) Lay on the table; Previous question; Limit or extend debate; Postpone to a definite time; Refer to a ...
Inquiries are usually held in local planning authority offices, village halls or community centres. [16] One example of a Public Local Inquiry was the inquiry into the M4 Corridor around Newport Project in Wales, which followed The Highways (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1994 and The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2010. [17]
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries.