Rules Governing Debate - PPTQ Sec 43

Every member of the assembly has the right to speak on every debatable motion, and this right cannot be interfered with except:

• If the chairman wishes to stop debate.

• When a member makes a motion to limit debate and it is adopted by a majority vote.

• By a two-thirds vote.

• When the maker of the motion decides to limit debate.

Before a motion may be debated upon by the assembly, it must be:

• Amended.

• Explained by the chair regarding its merits.

• Debated by the maker of the motion and then seconded.

• Made, seconded, and stated by the chair.

If you were chairman and a member concluded debate on a main motion by making an amendment, what would you do?

• Ask for a second and process the amendment.

• Rule the amendment out of order.

• Take a vote on the amendment.

• Take a vote on the main motion and then process the amendment.

When the chairman asks, "Are you ready for the question?" this means that the chair:

• Wants members to ask the maker of the motion questions.

• Has stopped debate on the main motion and is going to take an immediate vote on it.

• Is trying to determine if debate has concluded.

• Is asking permission to ask the maker of the motion a question related to the main motion.

After a member obtains the floor to debate a motion, he/she can speak no longer than:

• 10 minutes.

• 20 minutes.

• 30 minutes.

• Decided by the chair.

Which one of the following motions would you propose if you wanted to speak longer on a motion than the maximum time allowed?

• Move the Previous Question.

• Extend the Limits of Debate.

• Postpone to a Certain Time.

• Refer to a Committee.

Which one of the following statements is false?

• If a speaker yields to another member for a question, the time consumed by the question is charged to the speaker.

• If a speaker does not use up the allotted ten minutes, it can be transferred to another member.

• A committee member's report is not considered as debate.

• When a member's debate time is exhausted, the chair may interrupt and stop debate.

A member wishes to transfer seven minutes of unused debating time to another member. What would you do as chairman?

• Grant permission to transfer the time to another member.

• Tell the member that unexpired time cannot be transferred to another member.

• Explain that since the other member proposed the motion, the time cannot be transferred.

• Ask the member to propose a motion, and if it is adopted by a majority vote, allow the transfer.

Except for an Appeal, how many times can a member speak on the same motion on the same day?

• Once.

• Twice.

• Three times.

• Answer not given.

Who is the only person who can speak twice on a motion to Appeal?

• Members in favor of the Appeal.

• The parliamentarian.

• The member who made the Appeal.

• The presiding officer.