Rejected petition Speaker (or Deputy) to mandate the Prime Minister answers questions during PMQs

Prime Minister's Questions has become a farce. It's no wonder it's called Prime Minister's Questions and not Prime Minister's Answers. I would like the speaker to ensure the PM answer the questions asked.

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Too often the PM (current and previous) has used PMQs to recycle the same party lines / numbers / statistics around their self-perceived successes rather than actually answer the questions asked. At a time where trust in, and respect for politicians is low, answering questions in the forum of PMQs could go some way to repairing the damage.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament as a whole aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Order in the Commons is the responsibility of the Speaker personally, and the Prime Minister is responsible for answers to questions.

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Date submitted 30 November 2022
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