At the moment, the assembly convenes in the middle and end of the year.

Chow said a third session would allow assemblymen to ask more questions and deliberate on state policy matters.

He added that Penang had had three sittings in the 1990s, saying it would be easy to revert to that format.

He was responding to Goh Choon Aik (PKR-Bukit Tambun), who asked for another session so that time-sensitive questions could be answered on time and current issues raised.

On a separate note, Chow said the call for the Parliamentary Services Act 1963 (PSA) to be reinstated to give state assemblies more independence could also be considered.

The PSA allows Parliament to conduct its own administration, staffing and financing.

For the time being, Chow said, many reforms had already been put in place to ensure the independence of the house.

He said for instance, the time allotted for questions had been extended from a single day to every day of the sitting, and the press had been given comfortable amenities.

“At the end of this session, we will also pass a bill to amend the state constitution to limit the chief ministership to two terms. We will also appoint the opposition leader as the Public Accounts Committee chair,” he said to Lee Khai Loon (PKR-Machang Bubok) who had asked if the PSA would be implemented to ensure separation of the executive and the assembly.