25. The Government may appoint one or several Members as parliamentary assistants to assist a minister in the discharge of his duties. A parliamentary assistant may reply to questions addressed to the minister or take note of them on his behalf.
In no case, however, may the number of parliamentary assistants exceed twenty.
For the duration of the 43rd Legislature, the second paragraph is amended by replacing “twenty” by “twenty-five”.
1982, c. 62, s. 25; 2022, c. 282022, c. 28, s. 11.