Question

Select the text in the excerpt from the English Bill of Rights that states that those elected to office can speak freely while conducting government business

And thereupon the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, pursuant to their respective letters and elections, being now assembled in a full and free representative of this nation, taking into their most serious consideration the best means for attaining the ends aforesaid, do in the first place (as their ancestors in like case have usually done) for the vindicating and asserting their ancient rights and liberties declare; [That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal;] That the pretended power of dispensing with laws or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal; [That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal;] That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law; That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defense suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law; That election of members of Parliament ought to be free; [That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;] That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; [That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders.]

Answer 1

[That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament

Answer 2

Answer: The right answer is "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament."

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little bit on the answer, it can be added that this excerpt from the act known as the English Bill of Rights, which was signed in 1689 after King James II was overthrown with the goal of establishing a set of constitutional and civil rights and giving Parliament power over the monarchy, reflects some of the 13 freedoms that were guarenteed by the document, such as the freedom of speech in Parliament.