Q.Can Parliament devote enough time for thorough bill discussion? If not, what remedies?

Going by what the chapter itself documents about declining sessions and lost debate time, Parliament often cannot give bills the thorough discussion they deserve — though several remedies are available. …

Whether Parliament can devote enough time to discuss bills thoroughly is, going strictly by the chapter's own evidence, doubtful. It states plainly that over the last two decades, sessions of the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, and the time actually spent on debate within them, have both been declining. On top of this shrinking baseline, Houses have repeatedly been "plagued by absence of quorum" and by opposition boycotts of sittings — both of which further eat into whatever time is technically available. Given that Parliament already works on limited sessions to begin with, this combination makes truly thorough, clause-by-clause discussion of every bill difficult to guarantee, especially for bills passed in a rush near the end of a session. …