Summary of the Unit
During the 14th session, 7 ‘Government Question Hours’ were held — in total, MPs and ministers spent more than 8 hours asking questions and providing answers.
The largest number of questions raised by MPs concerned the implementation of state social policy under martial law and the fulfilment of Ukraine’s European integration commitments.
Members of Parliament terminated the activities of 8 temporary commissions and established 5 temporary investigative commissions.
During the 14th session, MPs submitted 218 parliamentary questions — almost half as many as during the 13th session, and on a par with the 10th session. All inquiries addressed to the President concerned the conferment of titles.
Government Question Hour
‘Government Question Hour’ is an instrument of parliamentary oversight through which Members of Parliament may ask questions to members of the Cabinet of Ministers on a defined topic and receive answers. During the ‘Government Question Hour’, only issues related to the designated topic may be raised. As a rule, responses are delivered from the rostrum by the minister responsible for the relevant area, although questions may also be addressed to the Prime Minister and other ministers.
Government Question Hours Held
During the 14th session MPs may often yield the floor to another MP during the Government Question Hour to ask a question. Therefore, remarks by MPs lasting less than 10 seconds were removed from the data, as these were most likely such transfers of the floor. , 7 ‘Government Question Hours’ were held — in total, MPs and ministers spent more than eight hours asking questions and receiving answers.
MPs may ask several questions during a single intervention, while ministers may respond to several questions, or several ministers may respond to a single question. Considering these features of the ‘Government Question Hours’, the data obtained illustrate MPs’ interest in particular topics or even specific ministers.
Compared to the 13th session, the data on the ‘Government Question Hours’ demonstrate a decrease in MPs’ activity, which is generally consistent with the overall trends of this session.
MPs Speeches by Factions and Groups*
*It should be noted that the ‘Government Question Hour’ is divided into two parts: 1) questions from parliamentary factions (parliamentary groups) to members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and responses thereto; 2) questions from Members of Parliament to members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and responses thereto — up to 30 minutes.
| Session 10 | Session 11 | Session 12 | Session 13 | Session 14 | |
| Servant of the People | 14 (28%) | 89 (29%) | 68 (33%) | 75 (30%) | 64 (35%) |
| European Solidarity | 6 (12%) | 49 (16%) | 30 (14%) | 44 (18%) | 26 (14%) |
| Dovira | 4 (8%) | 35 (11%) | 15 (7%) | 26 (11%) | 17 (9%) |
| Holos | 5 (10%) | 27 (9%) | 32 (15%) | 23 (9%) | 16 (9%) |
| PFPL | 8 (16%) | 17 (6%) | 11 (5%) | 15 (6%) | 15 (8%) |
| Fatherland | 2 (4%) | 30 (10%) | 24 (12%) | 18 (7%) | 13 (7%) |
| Restoration of Ukraine | 4 (8%) | 22 (7%) | 10 (5%) | 12 (5%) | 11 (6%) |
| Non-factional | 3 (6%) | 18 (6%) | 11 (5%) | 20 (8%) | 11 (6%) |
| For the Future | 4 (8%) | 19 (6%) | 6 (3%) | 13 (5%) | 10 (5%) |
| Total | 50 (100%) | 306 (100%) | 207 (100%) | 246 (100%) | 183 (100%) |
As in previous sessions, the largest number of questions (interventions) came from the Servant of the People faction — its representatives accounted for almost one third of all questions.
During the 14th session, questions from Members of Parliament were most frequently answered by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yuliia Svyrydenko, and the Minister of Education and Science, Oksen Lisovyi. This distribution is expected, given the role of the Prime Minister in coordinating the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers and the fact that the Minister of Education served as the main speaker during the ‘Government Question Hours’.
List of Government Question Hour Topics during the 14th Session
Temporary Investigative and Special Commissions
The Verkhovna Rada may establish temporary bodies: temporary special commissions and temporary investigative commissions, which are formed for a period not exceeding one year. During the 14th session, the Parliament voted to establish five temporary investigative commissions and terminated the activities of eight temporary commissions (of which five were special commissions). Their list is provided in Annex 7.
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Annex 7. Temporary Commissions Established during 14th Session
Temporary Commissions that Terminated their Activities during 14th Session
Commission Date of termination Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for the preparation and comprehensive regulation of issues related to the provision of social guarantees to war veterans, Defenders of Ukraine and their family members, family members of deceased (fallen) war veterans and family members of deceased (fallen) Defenders of Ukraine 04.12.2025 Temporary Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigating possible violations of the legislation of Ukraine in the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, other military formations established in accordance with the laws of Ukraine and specialised law enforcement bodies staffed by service members 04.12.2025 Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the activities of local self-government bodies and local executive authorities in the city of Kyiv — the capital of Ukraine — under martial law 04.12.2025 Temporary Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigating possible violations of the legislation of Ukraine regarding the financing of treatment and rehabilitation of service members in medical institutions, overpricing of medicines for service members and their inadequate quality 04.12.2025 Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the legal status, medical support, psychological assistance and social protection of war veterans, service members and their family members 04.12.2025 Temporary Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on investigating possible violations of the legislation of Ukraine in the formation and implementation of pricing and tariff policy in the energy and utilities sectors 04.12.2025 Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on preparing the draft basic principles of Ukraine’s state policy on interaction with national movements of small and indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation 18.12.2025 Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the protection of property and non-property rights of internally displaced persons and other persons affected by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine 18.12.2025
Temporary Commissions by Sessions
MPs’ Inquiries and Appeals
Members of Parliament have the right to submit parliamentary inquiries and MPs’ appeals Since MPs’ appeals do not require announcement at a plenary sitting and there is no information about their registration, which complicates data collection, they are not the subject of this monitoring. . The former constitute a requirement by an MP to provide an official response on matters within the competence of a body or institution, while the latter constitute a request to provide an official clarification or present a position on matters within the competence of a body or institution.
During the 14th session, MPs submitted 218 parliamentary inquiries — almost twice fewer than during the 13th session and at the level of the 9th session. All parliamentary inquiries addressed to the President concerned The conferral of titles and awards falls within the powers of the President; therefore, a parliamentary inquiry addressed to the President regarding the awarding of service members and other individuals (most often with the title of Hero of Ukraine) has become one of the instruments for recognising the contribution of service members, alongside citizens’ appeals and electronic petitions. the conferment of titles.
Parliamentary Inquiries
The decrease in the number of submitted parliamentary inquiries, as well as the number of ‘Government Question Hours’ held and MPs’ activity during them, confirms the conclusion that the 14th session is one of the slowest and least active sessions since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
