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.
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 9/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 9/100,000
- 21 APR 2026Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: Introduce standards for answers to PMQs to be enforced by the Speaker https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762566
- 28 MAR 2026Petition created
Background
Watching PMQs is an embarrassment to the standing UK government. I’d sooner see it cancelled rather than watching in sheer frustration.