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Powers of The Speaker in HoC

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Dinahmo Thu 03-Sept-20 11:50:23

I 'm afraid I don't know whether the Speaker should tell the PM to leave but I wish that he would, in those circumstances.

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biba70 Thu 03-Sept-20 11:28:10

A serious question, which requires a serious answer, please.

Our Parliamentary Democracy requires the PM to be answerable to the HoC, openly via PMQT. If a PM refuses to answer the questions tabled, and the Speaker has to intervene twice to insist that he does, should the Speaker then ignore if he does NOT? Surely he should ask a third time, with an ultimatum- that if he refuses to answer and just goes on wasting time- the PM will be requested to leave the House?

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