- question time
- noun Date: 1884 a period in a session of a British parliamentary body during which members may put questions to ministers on matters concerning their departments
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Question Time — in a parliament occurs when backbenchers (members of the parliament who are not Ministers) ask questions of the Prime Minister which he or she is obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be cancelled… … Wikipedia
Question Time — (englisch: „Fragestunde“) steht für: Question Time (Fernsehsendung), eine britische politische Talkshow Question Time (Parlament), ein regelmäßiger Tagesordnungspunkt in englischsprachigen Parlamenten Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Question Time — est une émission télévisée britannique diffusée depuis 1979 par la BBC et produite par la société Mentorn. Chaque jeudi soir, le journaliste David Dimbleby (né en 1939) anime l émission qui permet à un public d interroger cinq personnalités… … Wikipédia en Français
question time — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms question time : singular question time plural question times an occasion when government ministers answer questions from other politicians in a parliament … English dictionary
Question Time British National Party controversy — Protesters gather outside the BBC Television Centre in London before the episode of Question Time Participants … Wikipedia
Question Time (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Question Time caption = show name 2 = genre = creator = director = creative director = developer = presenter = Robin Day (1979 89) Peter Sissons (1989 93) David Dimbleby (1994 present) theme music composer =… … Wikipedia
question time — ques′tion time n. brit. can. a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs. Also calledques′tion pe riod • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
question time — Parl. Proc. a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs. [1850 55] * * * … Universalium
Question Time — noun a time during a sitting of parliament wherein Members of Parliament ask questions of Government Ministers (including the Prime Minister) which they are obliged to answer. Syn: Question Period … Wiktionary
question time — que·stion ti·me loc.s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. TS polit. seduta del parlamento in cui i parlamentari rivolgono a un ministro del governo in carica domande e interrogazioni sull attività del suo dicastero 2. TS giorn., telev. estens.,… … Dizionario italiano
question time — noun a period during a parliamentary session when members of British Parliament may ask questions of the ministers • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
