PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

Any UK Govt Minister must answer accurately the actual question asked by MPs

By not answering accurately the questions that MPs have asked, the UK Government Ministers are able to avoid accountability. This is brining Parliament into disrepute. Therefore, the Government ministers must be made to actually answer the questions asked and not be allowed to idgnore the question.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

Signatures

signatures

Government response threshold (10,000) · 21/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 21/100,000

Petition progress2 events · Mar – Apr 2026

17 APR 2026
Petition rejected
no-action
Ministers are already accountable to the House and are required not to mislead the House (inadvertently or otherwise). We don't quite know whether you want stronger sanctions against Members who are found to have misled the House (even a PM was found to have done so in recent memory). Perhaps you would like to see a petition like this one below extended to apply not just to PMQs but to all ministerial question times or debates involving ministers? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762566
12 MAR 2026
Petition created

Background

Parliament is not holding ministers and Government accountable if they are not made to answer questions asked. They can provide answers that are in fact lying by omission. Questions asked must in future shall be answered accurately and in full and Ministers must not omit any information no matter how embarrassing. Certain exemptions to the provision of an answer could be allowed if it concerns UK secrets. However an independent review could be required if an exemption is claimed.