Notice of Questions

(1) A question shall not be asked without notice, unless it is of an urgent character or relates to the business of the day, and unless the Member has obtained the leave of the Speaker to ask it. (2) Notice of a question may be handed by a Member to the Clerk when the House is sitting or may be sent to or left at the office of the Clerk at any time during the hours prescribed for the purpose. Every such notice must be signed by the Member giving it. (3) A Member who desires an oral answer to a question shall mark his notice with an asterisk and such a question shall be put down for a day to be named by the Member being a day not earlier than five clear days after notice of the question was given. A question not so marked may be put down for the next sitting day of the House and the answer when received shall be circulated with the Minutes of Proceedings.