The members' instruments

How members instruct and question the Federal Council – and where the business submitted since 1 March 2026 stands.

Parliamentary initiative
own act
A member, a group or a committee proposes a draft act. If the committees of both chambers give it effect, Parliament drafts the bill itself.
53 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Zugewiesen an die behandelnde Kommission36
- Eingereicht6
- In Kommission des Nationalrats3
- In Kommission des Ständerats2
- Vorprüfung - in Kommission des Ständerates2
- Beratung in Kommission des Ständerates abgeschlossen1
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Motion
instruction
Instructs the Federal Council to submit a draft act or to take a measure. Binding once both chambers adopt it.
450 submitted
The Federal Council's proposal
- adopt56
- adopt in part5
- reject328
- no proposal yet61
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor280
- Eingereicht31
- In Nationalrat geplant29
- In Ständerat geplant27
- Zugewiesen an die behandelnde Kommission27
- –22
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Postulate
examination
Instructs the Federal Council to examine whether an act or a measure is needed and to report. One chamber is enough.
136 submitted
The Federal Council's proposal
- adopt37
- adopt in part2
- reject76
- no proposal yet21
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor72
- Überwiesen an den Bundesrat22
- In Ständerat geplant13
- Eingereicht12
- Erledigt6
- –6
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Interpellation
information
Asks the Federal Council for information on important federal affairs; a debate in the chamber may follow.
604 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor439
- Erledigt59
- Eingereicht48
- In Ständerat geplant32
- –26
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Question
information
Asks the Federal Council for a written answer, without a debate in the chamber.
38 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Erledigt35
- Eingereicht1
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor1
- –1
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Question time
information
A short question to the Federal Council, answered orally in the National Council's question time.
930 submitted
Where they stand, according to the Parliamentary Services
- Erledigt846
- Eingereicht59
- –22
- Stellungnahme zum Vorstoss liegt vor3
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By the authors' group

The group a member belongs to today. Business submitted by committees, by groups as such and by former members stands under «Others». No ranking: the groups follow the seating order.

Parliamentary group	Parliamentary initiative	Motion	Postulate	Interpellation	Question	Question time
Greens	2	43	15	118	2	158
SP	10	56	20	145	19	253
GLP	0	23	11	32	0	21
Centre	6	57	30	98	3	110
FDP	1	38	21	68	8	71
SVP	20	162	17	136	6	317
Non-attached	0	1	0	0	0	0
Others	14	70	22	7	0	0

Not an official publication. Names, figures and the texts of the votes appear unchanged, exactly as the Parliamentary Services publish them.