Rejected petition Change Prime Minister’s Questions to Prime Minister’s Answers.

Make PMQ’S more responsible to answer pertinent questions. It has been allowed to develop into a somewhat comedic event.

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The Prime Minister or their representative deliberately ignore answering questions from the elected members of parliament with either waffle or a prepared Government statement. The speaker should be allowed to intervene and insist that a pertinent answer always be given.

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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.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 9 December 2024
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