Interpellation (politics)

Formal request of a parliament to the respective government

Not to be confused with interpolation or interpolation (disambiguation).

For the 20th century political-philosophical concept of the same name, see Interpellation (philosophy).

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Interpellation is a formal request of a parliament to the respective government. It is distinguished from question time in that it often involves a separate procedure. [1] In many parliaments, each individual member of parliament has the right to submit questions (possibly a limited amount during a certain period) to a member of the government. The respective minister or secretary is then required to respond and justify government policy. Interpellation thus allows the parliament to supervise the government's activity. In this sense, it is closer to a motion of censure. In English, the parliamentary questioning sense of "interpellation" dates from the late 19th century. It has been adopted from French constitutional discourse.

In some countries, for example, Finland, Slovenia, and Lithuania, interpellations are more or less synonymous with a motion of no confidence because they are automatically connected with a vote of confidence and their expressed purpose is to determine the confidence, enjoyed by the government or a minister. In Finland, the government must reply to an interpellation in a plenary session within 15 days. After receiving the reply to the interpellation, parliament debates the matter and proceeds to vote on whether the government or a particular minister enjoys the confidence of parliament.[2]

## See also

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* Question time
* Question Hour
* Motion of no confidence
* Prime Minister's Questions

## References

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1. ^ Yamamoto, Hironori, ed. (2007). "2.2.3 Interpellations". Tools for Parliamentary Oversight: A Comparative Study of 88 National Parliaments. Inter-Parliamentary Union. pp. 59–61\. ISBN 9789291423507.59-61&rft.pub=Inter-Parliamentary+Union&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9789291423507&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=-31tckiHbfoC&pg;=PA6&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Interpellation+(politics)" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Parliament of Finland's glossary

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