Speaker urges MPs to consider timelines for replies to parliamentary questions

Speaker Anġlu Farrugia on Wednesday urged MPs to consider updating parliamentary rules after noting that they currently do not provide timeframes within which parliamentary questions must be substantively answered. He made his call after Nationalist MP Eve Borg Bonello said that over a period of six weeks she asked various ministers a total of 86 questions

Speaker calls for introduction of mechanism to ensure that Ministers don’t dodge PQs

Speaker Anġlu Farrugia has issued a ruling in which he called for a mechanism to be introduced to ensure that all parliamentary questions are answered in a timely manner. Parliamentary questions (PQs) are formal tools through which Members of Parliament can scrutinise those in government to hold them accountable in their operational and financial actions

Speaker urges MPs to consider timelines for replies to parliamentary questions

Speaker calls for introduction of mechanism to ensure that Ministers don’t dodge PQs

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