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Yesterday I sat in the dock in Stormont Room 152, together with fellow hacks Eamon Mallie of Downtown Radio and Billy Graham from the Irish News. We were giving evidence to the Stormont Committee on Procedures about how the Assembly's question time might be reformed.

There seemed to be a general consensus that the question time isn't sufficiently engaging or relevant. Our thoughts, boiled down, included more topical questions (currently MLAs have to table their questions a fortnight in advance) a ban on reading (if you have to read out a question, surely it must be too long) and possibly splitting the current Monday question time (instead of three ministers appearing in a row, you could have two ministers on a Monday and another two on a Tuesday).

If anyone has any better ideas let me know and I shall pass them on to the Committee.

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