PMQs

• Every Wednesday for 30 minutes - 12 to 12:30
• Leader of the opp. gets 6 questions
• Ballot of BBs who get chosen to speak - typically 300 enter
• Bobbing

  Standing up to catch the attention of the speaker
• Planted questions

  Questions asked by governing party planted as 'helpful questions'
• Effective

  PMQs force the government to identify problematic areas and come up with problems + forces the opposition to come up with effective questions and ensure their solutions are feasible e.g. May 2022 Johnson confronted by Wragg over his unethical behaviour
• Ineffective

  House of Lords cannot question in PMQs, only the junior ministers
• Ineffective

  PMQs remain a media event not a serious session
• Ineffective

  Not all MPs face their responsibility e.g. Liz Truss
• Ineffective

  Planted questions by governing party backbenchers reduces amount of scrutiny
• Ineffective

  Competitive event - MPs bob to get speaker’s attention and 300 MPs typically enter to be considered BUT only 30 minute session 
• Ineffective

  Recent PMQ over racist remarks by Conservative top donor, Frank Hester, towards MP Dianne Abbott ineffective! Abbott not called