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During Pmqs the prime minister should answer the question asked and not deviate.

Submitted on Wednesday 18th March 2026

Rejected on Tuesday 7th April 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

During Pmqs the prime minister should answer the question asked and not deviate.

Petition Details

Answer the asked question not an answer to a question that they are prepared for. If the PM goes off topic the speaker should give them one chance to get back on track if not then they should have to apologise to the country every time.

Additional Information

Because trust in politics and politicians is so low a little but if truth without spin could do wonders.


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This petition was rejected

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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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

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