QuestionTimeSpeech v.1 is a dataset on speech contributions during parliamentary question time sessions from Australia (2011-2022), Belgium (2010-2022), Canada (2006-2022), Croatia (2004-2022) and the UK (2010-2022). Each speech contribution during a question time session is treated as an observation (e.g. questions, answers, replies, points of order, interruptions, speakers’ interventions, etc.). Besides the actual transcript, the dataset includes information on the contributors such as party affiliation, status (government, opposition), position (opposition, majority, cabinet), role (prime ...