Friday 5 June 2009

New rules!

ALSO at the Assembly this week there was a motion (not that type of motion!) to amend standing orders on asking questions of ministers.

For those of you who regularly don the political anorak, the lengthy amendments cover just about every eventuality.

One rule worth noting is that ministers are supposed to answer written questions within 10 working days. Given that the Consolidated List of Questions (i.e. unanswered questions) goes back to October last year and contains almost 200 unanswered questions. Now, will the ministers and their officials be asked why they have a waiting list?

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