Question about parliament...

I was watching CSPAN and they were showing your parliament; they were having "questions for the minister" or something like that. Gordon Brown would take a question, answer it, he would sit down, then I could see a bunch of people standing up in various locations. How is the questioner chosen? Is there some kind of rotation?

the process -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Questions

We dont get the chance to question our dumbass president so even if its flawed as the following poster typed, at least you can grill your "leader".

There are a list of set questions, though when it comes to Prime Minister's Questions these all merely ask his appointments on the day. Once the P.M. has answered that initial question the same questioner is allowed a supplementary question to follow on from it; then the Speaker will pick members generally alternating from side-to-side (government and opposition) for a while before picking the second person on the official list.

By convention the Leader of the Opposition gets six questions which he can take at his choice (i.e., the Speaker will call him if he wants to), and the leader of the Liberal Democrats gets two.

I'm not a great fan of Prime Minister's Questions because it doesn't really achieve anything - the opposition use it as an attempt to "gotcha" the Prime Minister and the government back-benchers to ask sychophantic questions or attack the opposition.

I wish we had the opportunity here!

reckon TV licence payers got their moneysworth that day.