Parliamentary Procedure

Use of Names in Questions

The SPEAKER (15:02): Before we turn to grievances, very briefly, in relation to the matters earlier raised, Erskine May notes that the House of Commons has a strict prohibition on the use of names of individuals and organisations, noting:

…a question introducing names (whether of persons or of bodies) invidiously or for advertisement or in any other way not strictly necessary to render the question intelligible is not in order.

However, the Assembly has a more relaxed approach, and I will give that further consideration.