Questions to the Prime Minister BrE
Prime Minister's Questions , PMQs (skrót)

Initially questions to the Prime Minister were also broadcast live.

Such open questions are widely used during questions to the Prime Minister.

The leader of the opposition is allowed to ask six questions to the prime minister during his weekly scheduled oral sessions.

Questions to the Prime Minister.

It is the duty of the Opposition party to ask questions to the Prime Minister or other ministers during Question Time.

A Procedure Committee report in 1959 recommended that questions to the prime minister be taken in two fixed-period, 15-minute slots on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

And Ed Miliband used his questions to the prime minister in the Commons to taunt Cameron over his promise to "repatriate" powers.

On most sitting days in both Houses there is a session called Question Time at which Senators and Members address questions to the Prime Minister and other ministers.

Oral questions to the Prime Minister (Prime Minister's Hour): The Prime Minister answers to at least two current questions addressed to him once a week.

He pressed on with demanding questions to the Prime Minister, and tried not to show how frustrated he was by the expectations of his colleagues whenever he rose each Tuesday and Thursday.

TODAY'S BUSINESS House of Commons: Home Office questions; questions to the Prime Minister; National Health Service Bill, second reading.

I put the question to President Putin, just as I am currently putting questions to the prime ministers, including even the Chinese Prime Minister, when I speak to him, and just as I am always asking questions about human rights.

In 1881, fixed time-limits for questions were introduced and questions to the prime minister were moved to the last slot of the day as a courtesy to the 72-year-old prime minister at the time, William Gladstone, so he could come to the Commons later in the day.

Although prime ministers have answered questions in parliament for centuries, until the 1880s questions to the prime minister were treated the same as questions to other Ministers of the Crown: asked without notice, on days when ministers were available in whatever order MPs rose to ask them.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of prime minister's questions.

Prime minister's questions is 50 years old next week.

But here are some for today's prime minister's questions.

Whether they will be quite so happy after prime minister's questions remains to be seen.

But her message at prime minister's questions a fortnight ago was clear.

Today at prime minister's questions came another clue as to how it intends to do that.

The first prime minister's questions of 2012, and the main topic was Scottish independence.

"Waking up on Wednesday morning and realising it's prime minister's questions."

- 12pm: David Cameron holds his second prime minister's questions.

Before he stands up, David Cameron has got to get through prime minister's questions.

David Cameron speaking at prime minister's questions on 3 November 2010.

"He has answered two out of three of the prime minister's questions," the spokesman said.

Prime Minister's questions will be a joy to behold.

Prime minister's questions - or an unpleasant football match?

Standing his ground: David Cameron speaks to the house at prime minister's questions.

At prime minister's questions, he said the government had made a "very reasonable, very fair offer to public sector workers".

To begin with, the Labour leader did well at Prime Minister's questions.

Oh, and we've got prime minister's questions too.

David Cameron during prime minister's questions in the House of Commons.

Shelagh brings you the first Prime Minister's Questions of 2012.

We are talking about the moment she became the first Labour woman MP to take prime minister's questions.

David Cameron at prime minister's questions, with George Osborne next to him.

Gordon Brown during prime minister's questions today.

The remaining MPs required are signing her nominations during prime minister's questions.

By the next Prime Minister's Questions on Thursday she knew the policy rather better than we did.