Editing Question time (section)

==Hong Kong==
The questions in the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] are aimed at seeking information on [[Hong Kong Government|government]] actions on specific problems or incidents and on government policies, for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of the government.

Questions may be asked at any council meeting except the first meeting of a session, a meeting at which the [[President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong|president]] (the [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]]) of the council is elected, or the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] delivers the annual [[policy address]] to the Council.

No more than 22 questions, excluding urgent questions that may be permitted by the president, may be asked at any one meeting. Replies to questions may be given by designated public officers, usually [[minister (government)|secretaries]], orally or in written form. For questions seeking oral replies, supplementary questions may be put by any member when called upon by the president of the council for the purpose of elucidating that answer. Where there is no debate on a motion with no legislative effect at a meeting, no more than ten questions requiring oral replies may be asked; otherwise, no more than six questions may require an oral reply.

The Chief Executive, who is the head of the region and head of government, attends Question and Answer Session of the council which are held several times in a legislative year. This was introduced to the Legislative Council in 1992 by the [[Governor of Hong Kong]], [[Chris Patten]] as Governor's Question Time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/peking-starts-war-of-words-over-hk-plans-1556315.html | title=Peking starts war of words over HK plans | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=8 October 1992 }}</ref>