Time for Change time for ANSWERS!

Today Wednesday 18th November 2020 Sir Kier Starmer asked the PM about Government spending, in particular £10.5B worth of PPE

As ever the question was not answered! We are sick and tired of not hearing answers to questions!

The House of Commons is supposedly the Mother of all Parliaments but it’s not serving the people The Prime Minister, herein referred to as the Crime Minister, and his fellow Ministers ARE answerable

Yet we have become accustomed to the important questions being swerved with rhetoric. In these unprecedented times we must have transparency and truth

On 11th November I sought to Petition the Government via the Parliamentary Petitions Process

The Petition has been declined, I have asked if there’s an appeal process, I await their answer, I am not hopeful

Rejected petition Speaker of the House of ensures that questions posed to Ministers are answered

The original petition:  Ministerial questions are just one of only a few mechanisms of oversight. In particular PMQS facilitates the asking of questions the Speaker must ensure that the subject matter contained in such questions are answered without ambiguity. The very purpose of asking questions is to obtain information, explanations and on occasions to hold Ministers to account for their actions
The Prime Minister and other Ministers make life and death decisions on behalf of the Nation
Typically Governments are elected for a period of five years
Opportunities to hold them to account are relatively limited as are questions to the PM and other Ministers
By failing to address questions accurately is undemocratic and disingenuous, this must change

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Why was this petition rejected, this is the answer provided:

“It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for. We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament as a whole aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Order in the House of Commons is the responsibility of the Speaker personally, and Ministers including the Prime Minister are responsible for answers to questions “

 

I have chosen to use the good offices of Change.org and would ask everyone to sign AND SHARE this petition