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Parliamentary Questions in the Parliament of Malaysia, are questions asked by the members of parliament, where the government ministers (including the Prime Minister) are obliged to answer.

As a formal colony of the United Kingdom, the system of Malaysian government is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system, a legacy of British rule. The bicameral federal parliament is divided into upper house (Dewan Negara or Senate) and lower house (Dewan Rakyat or House of Representatives).

Dewan Rakyat
Questions to Ministers for oral and written answers

In Dewan Rakyat, the members are allowed to raise questions against the cabinet ministers by giving a notice to the Secretary of the House of Representatives (Malay: Setiausaha Dewan Rakyat) during the usual office hours in written form. The members can only ask maximum ten (10) questions for Oral Reply (Malay: Jawapan Lisan) and maximum five (5) questions for Written Reply (Malay: Jawapan Bertulis) in any one meeting of the House.

For Oral Reply, a question shall not exceed forty (40) words without taking into account the name and constituency of the member asking and the Minsiter responsible. Besides that, a question shall not contain more than two (2) different questions or a combination of more than two (2) questions.

If an oral answer to a question is required and no written answer thereto has been directed by the Speaker (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat), the Speaker, when the question is reached on the Order Paper, shall call upon the member in whose name the question stands. The member so called shall then rise in his place and ask the question by reference to its number on the Order Paper, and any Minister may reply. The minister who is answering the question may answer any other similar question which has been appointed for answer on another day in the meeting. Any such question which has been answered to will not appear in any Order Paper for that other day.

If a member asking a question for an oral reply fails to rise and ask his question, then any other member may make the question his own and may rise in his place when all the other questions for the day have been disposed of and ask the question in the manner prescribed above; but if no other member so rises, the Minister to whom the question is addressed shall send copies of the answer to the Secretary, who shall cause that answer to be printed in the Official Report.

The Speaker may allow not more than three (3) supplementary questions (Malay: Soalan Tambahan) to be put for the purpose of elucidating any matter of fact regarding which an oral answer has been given, but he may refuse any such question which in his opinion introduces matter not related to the original question. No supplementary question shall be allowed on any question if a Minister declares that such question has been answered at an earlier sitting of that Parliamentary session. A supplementary question shall not consist of several questions or a combination of several questions.

The Question Time shall be taken one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes.

Minister's Question Time

Any question relating to the Minister’s Question Time shall be taken thirty (30) minutes on every Tuesday and Thursday before the beginning of Question Time. If an oral answer to a question is not required, or if a written answer is directed under paragraph (3) of Standing Order 22, the Minister to whom it is addressed shall send copies of the answer to the Setiausaha, who shall cause such answer to be included in the Official Report.

The member shall give a one-day notice to the Secretary during the usual office hours in writing before the commencement of the Minister's Question Time. The duration of each question and answers by the Minister relating to the issue raised is limited to ten (10) minutes. The question asked by a member shall be related to policy matters for which such Minister is responsible. Supplementary question is allowed within the stipulated time.

Dewan Negara
Similarly to Dewan Rakyat, the members (senators) are allowed to ask questions that conform the rules stated in the Standing Order, either in oral or written form. Before that, the senator shall give a notice to the Secretary of the Senate (Malay: Setiausaha Dewan Negara) during the usual office hours in writing not later than 14 working days before the commencement of the meeting.

A senator may not ask more than twenty (20) questions for Oral Reply and more than 5 questions for Written Reply in any one meeting of the Senate.

The Question Time shall be taken one (1) hour.

The President (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara) may allow not more than three (3) supplementary questions to be put for the purpose of elucidating any matter of fact regarding which an oral answer has been given, but he may refuse any such question which in his opinion introduces matter not related to the original question.

List of Parliamentary Questions
The parliamentary questions are sorted accordingly to the editions.