(Contd from last week)
Question of Privilege: A question involving a breach of privilege either of a member or of the House or of a Committee thereof or a contempt of the House.
Quorum: The minimum number of members required to be present at a sitting of the House or the Committee for valid transaction of its business. The quorum to constitute a sitting of the House is one-tenth of the total number of members of the House and in respect of a Committee it is one-third of the total number of members of the Committee. [Article 100 (3) and Rule 259 (1)]
Resolution: A self-contained independent proposal submitted for the approval of the House and drafted in such a way as to be capable of expressing a decision of the House. A resolution may be in the form of a declaration of opinion; or a recommendation; or may be in a form so as to record either approval or disapproval by the House of an act or policy of Government; or convey a message; or commend urge or request an action; or call attention to a matter or situation for consideration by Government; or in such other form as the Speaker may consider appropriate.
Session: A session of Lok Sabha comprises the period commencing from the date and time mentioned in the order of the President summoning Lok Sabha, and ending with the day on which the President prorogues or dissolves Lok Sabha.
Standing Committee: Committee constituted by election by the House or nomination by the Chairman every year or from time to time which are permanent in nature.
Starred Question: A question to which a member wishes to have an oral answer on the floor of the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk.
Statutory Resolution: A resolution in pursuance of a provision in the Constitution or an Act of Parliament.
Subordinate Legislation: Rules, regulations or orders having the force of law, framed by the executive or other subordinate authority in pursuance of the power conferred on it by the Constitution or delegated to it by an Act of Parliament.
Summons: An official communication issued by the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha to the members of Lok Sabha informing them of the place, date and time of commencement of a session of Lok Sabha.
Unstarred Question: A question placed on the List of Questions for written answer. The written answer to such a question is deemed to have been laid on the Table at the end of the Question Hour.
Vote on Account: A grant made by Lok Sabha in advance in respect of the estimated expenditure of the Government of India for a part of a financial year pending the voting of Demands for Grants for the financial year. A Motion for Vote on Account is dealt with in the same way as if it were a demand for grant.
Whips: Members drawn from the party in power and the parties/groups in opposition to perform specified functions and form vital links in the internal organization of a party inside Parliament.
Source: http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/handbook/chapter2.pdf
