How is the previous question used in Australia?
How is the previous question used in Australia? The Australian Senate has the "previous question" in its original form from the British Parliament (by suppressing the question instead of closing debate) and is also very rarely used by this body. Instead, the "closure" motion is used to end debate in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. When do you call for the previous question? By the end of the 19th century in the United States, it became a motion to close debate and to proceed to voting on the main question. To end debate, a motion for the...