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question time

(in parliamentary bodies of the British type) a period of time set aside each day for members to question government ministers
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The proposed Question Time specific to the prime minister was initially scrapped by de-facto law minister Datuk Liew Vui Keong on June 24, saying the Minister's Question Time on Tuesday and Thursdays was sufficient for answers to be addressed.
In Question Time's Scotland, the Yes city of Dundee disappears; Yes city Glasgow disappears.
"When I found out that Question Time was going to be recorded in Elgin I offered my services."
Question Time audience members will be requested to come up with two questions to be considered for the programme.
Facebook user Peter Clive said: "Billy Mitchell, UKIP candidate in Coatbridge and Chryston, member of Livingston Flute Band, can always rely on BBC Question Time for a wee bit of limelight.
Question Time is a controversial programme and if you can't handle a bit of a barney, don't go on.
Is Fiona Bruce a good choice to host Question Time? Yes.
I think this is a better show than Question Time. It's on more hours in the week.
It will be the show's third visit to the town hall, which hosted programmes in 2012 and 2010 when Question Time had its first all-women panel and audience for International Women's Day.
Gardeners' Question Time is a Radio 4 institution, attracting more than two million listeners a week.
QUESTION TIME (BBC1, 8.30pm) and HAVE I GOT ELECTION NEWS FOR YOU (BBC1, 9.30pm) WE have all woken bleary-eyed this morning, after the excitement of yesterday's general election, to find out who will be running the country.
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