This is known as - In parliamentary procedure, "yielding the floor" refers to a member who currently has the right to speak (the floor) giving up that right, often to allow another member to speak, ask a question, or for other procedural reasons. - While typically a member yields voluntarily, the Speaker, who controls the debate and decides who has the floor, can effectively cause a member to yield by directing them to stop speaking, thereby allowing another member to gain the floor.
The speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another Member speak.
Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2016 · UPPCS Prelims 2000 · Topic: The Parliament (Devices of Parliamentary Procedure: Questions Hour, Zero Hour, Motions, Resolutions)
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