Question Period (French: période des questions), known officially as Oral Questions (French: questions orales) occurs each sitting day in the House of Commons of Canada, in which members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers (including the prime minister). According to the House of Commons Compendium, “The primary purpose of Question Period is to seek information from the Government and to call it to account for its actions.” It is similar in form to question time in other parliaments, mainly those following the Westminster system.