Prime Minister's Questions

An idea from the Mother Parliament

No Labels, a bipartisan organization pursuing democratic reform in the United States, revives the idea of introducing Question Period into the congressional system.

While the NDP is calling for the Speaker to be more assertive on this side of the Atlantic, there is an interesting development to be noted in the mother parliament.

The President of the United States attends a meeting of congressional Republicans and takes questions. American observers are variously thrilled and astonished by the results.

A British committee set up in the wake of all that unpleasantness over MPs’ expenses, comes back with some suggestions.