Rejected petition Make it mandatory to answer all questions asked in PMQs seriously.

PMQs in its current format is pointless. Prime Minister's Questions is intended as an avenue for government accountability, and should be treated with respect as such.
Thus, the PM should not be allowed to pick and choose which questions he answers, and should answer all with full seriousness.

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Additionally, penalisations/injuctions should be in place for the backbench MPs who choose to treat PMQs like a playground, jeering and chanting away serious attempts to hold the government to account. This is necessary to bring back faith in the parliamentary process, which at the moment is at a massive low.

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Date submitted 24 February 2016
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