PMQs

• Once a week on Wednesday and last 30 minutes to 1 hour
• Prime Minister faces 6 questions from the leader of opposition and 2 more from leaders of other opposition. These questions aim to attack government on its policy.
• Frequent chance for MPs to openly scrutinise and ask questions to embarrass and scrutinise government.
• Puts Prime Minister on the spot and doesn’t know the questions beforehand.
• However most MPs belong to governing party so many sweetheart questions are asked which give Prime Minister chance to praise own government rather than scrutinise
• Ultimately unlikely to truly scrutinise government well as although opposition get to ask questions, a lot of questions come from back bench MPs asking about local constituency matter rather than government policy