Both Calling Attention Notice and Adjournment Motion are mechanisms to raise matters of urgent public importance in Parliament. However, an Adjournment Motion is an extraordinary device that involves an element of censure against the government and requires the support of 50 members to be admitted. Calling Attention Notice is a less disruptive and less stringent procedure introduced to provide members with an opportunity to raise important issues without resorting to the more drastic Adjournment Motion. Thus, it serves as an alternative means for raising urgent matters, thereby reducing the frequency and necessity of Adjournment Motions.
The Provision for the Calling Attention Notices has restricted the scope of which of the following?
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2010 · Topic: The Parliament (Devices of Parliamentary Procedure: Questions Hour, Zero Hour, Motions, Resolutions)
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