Rejected petition The standing government answers a question rather than skirting them at PMQs

Answer questions in PMQs rather than deflecting or skirting round the question. If you don’t know the answer commit to when you will come back with an answer.

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Watching PMQs is an embarrassment to the standing UK government. I’d sooner see it cancelled rather than watching in sheer frustration.

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Introduce standards for answers to PMQs to be enforced by the Speaker
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762566

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Date submitted 28 March 2026
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