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Q3 (IAS/2000) Polity & Governance › Parliament › Parliamentary procedures Answer Verified

The Speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as

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The correct answer is 4) yielding the floor. “Yielding the floor” refers to a member ceasing to speak (or being asked to stop) so that another member may take up the time; this definition appears explicitly in practice explanations of parliamentary usage. Parliamentary procedure guides also make clear the presiding officer (the Speaker) controls recognition to speak and may direct which member is given the floor, effectively managing transfers of speaking rights between members during debate. By contrast, decorum refers to conduct, crossing the floor to party-switching, and interpellation to formal questioning—none describe this transfer of speaking rights.

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