Parliamentary inquiry

Parliamentary inquiry

A parliamentary inquiry is a question directed to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly to obtain information on a matter of parliamentary law or the rules of the organization bearing on the business at hand. The primary purpose is to enable members to obtains the chair's guidance on parliamentary matters about which they are uncertain.cite book |title=Dictionary of Parliamentary Procedure |last=Gondin |first=William R. |year=1969 |pages=89]

Explanation and Use

infobox motion
name = Parliamentary inquiry (RONR)
class = I
inorder = Yes
seconded = No
debatable = No
amendable = No
voterequired = Is not voted on, but is responded to by chair
"Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure" notes, "It is not, however, the presiding officer's duty to answer general questions concerning parliamentary law." [cite parl|title=MAS|edition=2000|year=2000|pages=192] Per RONR, the chair is also not obligated to answer hypothetical questions. This motion is made by saying, "Mr. Chairman, I rise to a parliamentary inquiry." [cite parl|title=RONR|edition=10th|pages=281-282]

Related Motions

A parliamentary inquiry is sometimes used as a tactful alternative to a call for the orders of the day, or a Point of Order.

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