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Nick Clegg is to have his own deputy prime minister's question time, answering questions about his government role.
The Liberal Democrat leader will face direct questions in the Commons chamber, during a monthly 30-minute slot on Tuesday afternoons.
The new sessions will be introduced as Clegg currently does not speak in the Commons under the arrangements demonstrated yesterday at the first Queen's Speech debate.
His first question time will be held on Tuesday 22 June at 2.30pm, also the date chancellor George Osborne's emergency budget will be delivered, according to official business documents.
Prime minister's question time will continue to be held weekly on a Wednesday at noon.
Clegg will stand in for David Cameron at the weekly session when he is away from Westminster.
It remains unclear who will face him from the opposition benches, although it has been reported that shadow leader of the Commons Rosie Winterton could fill the role.
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott, under Tony Blair's leadership, had a 15-minute session just before prime ministers questions on a Wednesday.
The slot was abandoned when Gordon Brown chose to not appoint a deputy.
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