Lords:Prime Ministers Questions

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Prime Minister's Questions

The Second week of every other Month, beginning in January, the Chamber shall be opened to the public to come and view the Prime Minister's Questions. A special forum channel will be set up for this. The Royal Council will be acting on behalf of the Government and will be in attendance.

The Lords will have an opportunity to ask questions of the Royal Council, which the Royal Council must answer. The topic of these questions must be submitted two weeks in advance so that the appropriate members of the Royal Council, their staffs, or Space Lords can be made to appear.

The only acceptable responses to not answer questions are the following:

“My Lord Speaker, please inform the right honourable Lord/Lady <Peerage Land> that I do not know the answer to that question and will defer to the .”;

or,

“My Lord Speaker, I am unable to answer the question from the right honourable Lord/Lady <Peerage Land> as it would compromise information covered under a non-disclosure agreement.”

or,

“My Lord Speaker, I am unable to answer the question from the right honourable Lord/Lady <Peerage Land> as it would be a violation of the Official Secrets Act.”

Lords are generally free to ask questions on any topic, and unlike the House of Commons do not vote on what questions to submit.