Detailed rules concern the right to take the floor and the admissible duration of a speech. The chairman of the debate grants the right to speak (only on matters included in the orders of the day, with the exception of formal motions and rectifications) in accordance with a list of speakers kept by a Secretary of the Sejm. The President, members of the government, ministers of State as well as other persons who perform public functions specifically provided for in the Standing Orders, may take the floor outside the official list of speakers. The Standing Orders introduce certain differentiations. The President is granted the right to speak in order to present his Message, once during every sitting. The ministers are free to take the floor whenever they wish to do so, while all other functionaries named in the Standing Orders exhaust their right to speak during a particular debate after taking the stand only once. The rules of procedure do not foresee the right of a representative of the Senate - or Senators in general - to take the floor during the debate.

The Sejm also makes final decisions concerning the duration of speeches within the limits prescribed by the Standing Orders as well as the overall time limits. The speeches made by representatives of the government or other persons who take the floor on behalf of their ministries or departments, and who are also Deputies, are not added to the overall time limits appropriated to each particular Deputies' club or group.

Deputies wishing to participate in the debate enter their names on a list of speakers kept by a Secretary of the Sejm. The sequence of those entries binds the Marshal and can be changed only as a result of a decision made by the Presidium of the Sejm after obtaining the opinion of the Council of Seniors. The purpose of such a solution is to introduce order into the debates.

The Standing Orders do not propose any limitations of the form of the speeches presented in the Sejm as long as such presentations do not provoke the necessity of applying disciplinary measures. The character of the presentations remains solely within the discretion of the speaker. The Standing Orders also do not prohibit polemical - or even provocative - figures of speech although according to the Constitution the infringement of personal rights is not protected by a Deputy's immunity. The Standing Orders do not mention whether a speech is to be read or not.

Rules of procedure do not contain the compulsion to listen to the speeches since constant presence at the debates is not obligatory. The Deputies may limit their parliamentary activity to voting.

Presence at a sitting is manifested by signing the list of participants and a confirmed printout of voters, making it possible to fulfil requirements concerning presence at the debates. The obligation to be present during the voting procedure results expressly from the contents of the Standing Orders.

Provisions of the aforementioned rules of procedure enable the participants of the sitting to influence the debate by means of formal motion. The latter may solely concern matters which are included in the orders of the day of a particular sitting as well as the course of the debate. The purpose of such limitations is to prevent the abuse of this institution.