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The reason for such a question is that, historically, the prime minister may be questioned only as to those matters that the prime minister is directly responsible for. Such matters are relatively few in number, because many substantive matters are handled by the other Cabinet ministers. By requiring
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usually asks six questions at PMQs, either as a whole block or in two separate groups of three. If the first question is asked by a government backbencher, the leader of the opposition is the second MP to ask questions. If the first question is asked by an opposition MP, this will be followed by a
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will receive questions (such as the first secretary of state or the deputy leader of the government party). In the absence of the leader of the opposition, the opposition questions will be usually led by the next highest-ranking member of the Shadow Cabinet. From 1992 to 2020, a convention was in
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would be responsible. In response to the prime minister's answer, Brockway said "May I express our appreciation of this new arrangement for answering Questions and the hope that it will be convenient for the Prime Minister as well as useful to the House?" PMQs were made permanent in the following
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Occasionally the first question tabled is on a specific area of policy, not the engagements question. This, though, is quite rare as it would allow the prime minister to prepare a response in advance; the non-descript question allows some chance of catching him or her out with an unexpected
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the same engagements question and so after it has been asked for the first time, any other MPs who have tabled the same question are simply called to ask an untabled question, meaning that the prime minister will not know what questions will be asked.
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television network. C-SPAN also has an archive of Prime Minister's Questions coverage going back to 1989 when it was first televised. There is no live radio coverage of Prime Minister's Questions in that country.
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The first formal question on the Order Paper, posed by simply saying "number one, Mr Speaker", is usually to ask the prime minister "if he will list his engagements for the day". The prime minister usually
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place that if either the prime minister or the leader of the opposition is absent, the other faction would nominate someone to stand, meaning that both sides were stood in for. This precedent was broken at
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At times of national or personal tragedy or crisis, PMQs have been temporarily suspended. The last such suspension occurred on 25 February 2009 when the speaker, at the request of Prime Minister
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report in 1959 recommended that questions to the prime minister be taken in two fixed-period, 15-minute slots on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The recommendations were put into practice under
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who later tested positive for COVID-19. Keir Starmer became the first leader of the opposition to ask questions remotely a month later after a member of his office staff contracted COVID-19.
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the prime minister to list their engagements, the members may then inquire whether the prime minister ought to be engaged in some other activity or be taking some other action.
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Although prime ministers have answered questions in parliament for centuries, until the 1880s, questions to the prime minister were treated the same as questions to other
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The most high-profile contributors at Prime Minister's Questions are the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, who speak opposite each other at the
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This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.
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Before listing the day's engagements, the prime minister sometimes extends condolences or offers congratulations after significant events. During the
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Boris Johnson also became the first prime minister to answer PMQs outside the chamber virtually after having been told to isolate after meeting with
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question from a government MP and then by the questions from the leader of the opposition. The leader of the third largest parliamentary party (the
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did not always take their allocated number of questions in some sessions, sometimes opting not to ask any questions at all. This changed during the
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Worldwide, Prime Minister's Questions is broadcast live via the official British Parliament website parliamentlive.tv, in visual and audio form.
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stood in for him putting questions to Johnson. Before 1992, the replacement would often question the prime minister or vice versa. For example,
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This article is about questions in Parliament to the prime minister of the United Kingdom. For regular ministerial questioning, see
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during a successful experiment from 18 July 1961 to the end of the session on 4 August. The very first question was delivered by
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has described PMQs as "the most distinctive and internationally famous feature of British politics." In the legislatures of the
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television channels. It is also broadcast outside the United Kingdom, most notably on the international pay television network
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In a C-SPAN interview in 1991, shortly after the network started to broadcast Prime Minister's Questions, then US President
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PMQs has been filmed since 1989, and has been broadcast live since 1990. It is broadcast live in the United Kingdom on the
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If the prime minister is away on official business when PMQs is scheduled, the role is usually filled by the
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became the first black MP to stand for PMQs and ask the six main questions when she challenged the
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Prime Minister's Questions has been spoofed on the American late-night television sketch comedy
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7 December 2016, 31 January 2018, 11 July 2018, 6 February 2019, 24 April 2019 and 5 June 2019
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I have been asked to reply on behalf of my right honourable friend the Prime Minister who is
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In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister's Questions is broadcast live via cameras within the
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in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the
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on 10 occasions between April 2008 and March 2010, all opposite William Hague. During the
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In the United States, Prime Minister's Questions is broadcast live on the national
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The style and culture of PMQs has changed gradually over time. According to former
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said, "I count my blessings for the fact I don't have to go into that pit that
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Punch and Judy Politics. An Insiders´ Guide to Prime Minister´s Questions.
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stands in, nose-to-nose with the opposition, all yelling at each other."
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inside the House of Commons on domestic national television channels
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parliamentary session, with the first of these on 24 October 1961.
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began asking more questions than his predecessors. His successor,
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A wide shot of Prime Minister's Questions in 2024, showing the
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Inside the House of Commons: Behind the Scenes at Westminster
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MPs wishing to ask a question must enter their names on the
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Post-Brexit United Kingdom relations with the European Union
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Absence of the prime minister or leader of the opposition
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symptoms, meaning he was self-isolating. As a result,
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Debates in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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on 38 occasions between February 1984 and July 1990.
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answers questions from members of Parliament (MPs).
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