Standing Orders of the National Council
(SO-NC)

¹ At the end of a speech, any mem­ber of the Coun­cil and the rep­res­ent­at­ive of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ask the speak­er a brief and pre­cise ques­tion on a spe­cif­ic point re­lat­ing to what he or she has said; they are not per­mit­ted to state or jus­ti­fy their point of view.

² The in­cid­ent­al ques­tion may only be asked if the speak­er con­sents in re­sponse to a cor­res­pond­ing re­quest made by the Pres­id­ent.

³ The speak­er shall provide an im­me­di­ate and brief re­sponse to the in­cid­ent­al ques­tion.