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Parliamentary questions have a significant role in the House of Commons today. They are a way for Members of Parliament to hold the Government to account, either in the form of oral questions to Ministers in the Chamber of the House of Commons or in the form of written questions. This Factsheet explores, in detail, the different types of questions asked in Parliament and the way questions are tabled, answered and traced.
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