Question

What is Zero hour?

Hint:

Convention, not rule: follows Question Hour; Chair’s permission; short, urgent matters.

Answer 1

Not mentioned in the Constitution or Rules, Zero Hour evolved by practice in the 1960s. Members submit issues for the Chair’s consent; the Speaker or Chairman decides admissibility and brief interventions are allowed, often eliciting on-the-spot ministerial replies. It enables quick attention to pressing grievances, though it cannot replace formal motions (≈56 words).