{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765459.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":765459,"attributes":{"action":"Hold Ministers including the Prime Minister accountable to Parliament","background":"Require the Speaker (or Deputy Speaker) to require Ministers to respond to questions. Recently, the Speaker is not intervening at Prime Ministers Questions when the current Prime Minister is clearly not responding to questions.","additional_details":"It is important that the Government is answerable to Parliament.\r\n\r\nRecently, the Speaker has not held Government ministers to account which is in contrast to how the Speaker intervened when previous Prime Minsters e.g. Boris Johnson evaded questions.\r\n\r\nThis creates a perception of a two tier political process which is unhelpful for our democracy.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-03-26T13:31:15.575Z","updated_at":"2026-04-23T09:06:22.562Z","rejected_at":"2026-04-23T09:05:48.200Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-03-26T15:00:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:\r\n\r\nIntroduce standards for answers to PMQs to be enforced by the Speaker\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762566"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}