Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs, officially known as Questions to the Prime Minister, while colloquially known as Prime Minister's Question Time) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the House of Commons is sitting, during which the prime minister answers questions from members of Parliament (MPs).[1]
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The Institute for Government has described PMQs as "the most distinctive and internationally famous feature of British politics."[2] In the legislatures of the devolved nations of the UK, the equivalent procedure is known as First Minister's Questions.
- ^ "Prime Minister's Questions". BBC News Online. 24 January 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
- ^ "StackPath". www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk. 22 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.