Les questions parlementaires - Généalogie de la procédure des questions écrites au Parlement français

EnglishWritten questions are an exception to the principle of oral hearings of parliamentary procedure, being dealt with entirely outside the gallery. Their appearance in the French Parliament, relatively recently (1909 in the Chamber of Deputies and 1911 in the Senate), reflected a desire to improve the effectiveness of the oversight function over government activity. Since then, written questions have remained remarkably stable in principle, with changes made to the procedure merely aiming to adapt the manner in which it is exercised to parliamentary realities. francaisEntierement traitees en dehors de la tribune, les questions ecrites font exception au principe d’oralite de la procedure parlementaire. Leur apparition au Parlement francais, relativement recente (1909 a la Chambre des deputes et 1911 au Senat), temoignait d’une volonte d’ameliorer l’efficacite de la fonction de controle de l’activite gouvernementale. Depuis lors, les questions ecrites ont connu une remarquable stabilite dans leur principe meme, les modifications apportees a la procedure ne visant qu’a adapter ses modalites d’exercice aux realites parlementaires.