Government commitment
Completed - fully metFair and Open GovernmentCycle 2015· status updated Mar 22, 2019
Work with Parliamentarians to reform Question Period so that all ministers, including the Prime Minister, are held to greater account.
Mandated to: Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
What success looks like
The Prime Minister and other Cabinet ministers are held to greater account.
Government's narrative on progress
Since April 2017, there is a new Prime Minister’s Question Period (PMQP) on Wednesdays in which the Prime Minister has committed to respond to questions. This provides opposition members the opportunity to directly ask the Prime Minister questions. The Prime Minister has participated in more than 30 PMQPs, responding to over 1,300 questions in total as the Prime Minister also participates in Question Period on other days of the week. In addition, Ministers have participated in Senate Question Period 57 times in this Parliament.
Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.