PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
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.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
Background
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.