Order, order! Is PMQs fit for purpose?
Wednesday marked the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new parliament – the weekly session where MPs can ask the Prime Minister questions on anything.
It is the most-reported session of the parliamentary week but is it still an important part of the democratic process or just a rowdy excuse for MPs to hurl insults at each other?
MPs Dame Margaret Beckett - who faced John Major across the despatch box - and Sarah Champion, the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith and a panel of voters joined Joanna Gosling to debate the issue.
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