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CHAMbER & COMMITTEES

Oral and written questions
Government departments answer questions every four Table Office
x3302/3303
weeks according to a rota which is available from the Vote
tableoffice@
Office and is on the intranet bulletin board. You may table
parliament.uk
one question to each department answering – subject to a
intranet.
maximum of two on a single day. parliament.uk/
offices-
To table a question, you should refer to the Table Office, departments/
dccs/table-office
which prepares the daily Order Paper and receives
parliamentary questions and motions. The Clerks in the
Office advise on how to bring questions and motions into
conformity within the rules of the House, and can provide
advice on any aspect of procedure, or direct you to the
appropriate specialist.

The same procedure applies to written questions.
Questions may be tabled in person at the Table Office, by
post or electronically. Your staff may hand in questions on
your behalf but the office is able to discuss questions only
with Members. If you wish to table questions electronically
you may register on a form available in the Table Office.

Table Office opening times
Sitting Mondays and Tuesdays 10am to rise of the House
Sitting Wednesdays and Thursdays 9am to 5.30pm
Sitting Fridays 9am to rise of the House
Non-sitting Fridays 11am to 3pm
Recesses and weekend Closed
The Library can help with any difficulties finding answers Library enquiry
point x3666
to oral and written questions, and any documents associated
hclibrary@
with the answers such as deposited papers. parliament.uk