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The final category of business conducted on a sitting day is the Adjournment Proceedings. This period enables Members to seek further information from the government on questions raised in Question Period.[408] At the start of this maximum 30-minute period, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, a motion to adjourn the House is deemed to have been moved and seconded.[409] No more than three brief exchanges are allowed on predetermined topics.[410] Each of these topics may be debated for at most 10 minutes of the 30-minute period set aside for Adjournment Proceedings.[411] No later than 5:00 p.m., the Speaker must tell the House which matter or matters are to be raised that day.[412] At the outset of each 10-minute period, the Member raising the matter and the Minister or Parliamentary Secretary replying may each speak for not more than four minutes. Each may then make a subsequent one-minute intervention.[413] Points of order and questions of privilege may not be raised during this period, although the Speaker may read any messages from the Senate.[414] After 30 minutes or on completion of debate, whichever comes first, the motion to adjourn is deemed to have been adopted, and the House is adjourned to the next sitting day.[415] If a Member scheduled to raise a question during Adjournment Proceedings fails to appear, the adjournment notice shall be deemed withdrawn and the Member loses the opportunity to raise the question.[416] On Fridays and on days where there are no questions scheduled for debate during the Adjournment Proceedings, the Speaker adjourns the House at the conclusion of the sitting.
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