Study Finds This Parliament to Be the Most Disorderly

Published on January 6, 2024

Australian MPs have come out as the most disorderly in a study comparing “Question Time” between four parliaments. Professor Philip Cowley of the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, set out to examine whether conflict during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) had worsened over time in the UK. As part of the research he also looked at other parliaments which permit the prime minister to be questioned directly by backbench MPs, from their own and opposing parties: those of Australia, Canada, and Ireland. PMQs were instituted in the UK Parliament in 1961, and the airing of selected clips on television and radio has given the public the impression that proceedings are rowdy, combative, and often disorderly....

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