Petition

Change Prime Ministers Questions to Prime Minister avoiding Questions

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

As our prime minister has demonstrated many times, he's incapable of answering questions in parliament. To help him avoid embarrassment it seems appropriate to retitle Prime Ministers Questions into something more appropriate, in order to lower the expectations of the public.
Prime Ministers Questions has become a joke. Our prime minister is usually either overseas, or if here, clearly incapable of providing off the cuff answers to questions posed. He is becoming a laughing stock amongst parliamentarians, and also upon the world stage. Sadly, his failure to appear capable of the most basic duty of his job also makes the UK appear inadequate on the world stage, so by renaming, we lower the expectations of the British people and the world.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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
Introduce standards for answers to PMQs to be enforced by the Speaker

Timeline

25 Mar 2026 Petition opened for signatures
14 Apr 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Apr 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.