Cameron may move MPQs

David Cameron is planning to move Prime Minister’s Question Time from Wednesdays to Thursdays in a Commons shake-up, according to the Dail Mail.

Tim Shipman, the papers Deputy Political Editor, suggests that the move would be to ensure more MPs were in Westminster for more of the week. A “senior Commons official” is quoted by the Mail, who says that Shadow Leader of the House Sir George Young has already discussed the matter with Speaker Bercow:

“Sir George Young has made it clear that he is keen to move PMQs to Thursdays. He thinks it’s necessary to lengthen the working week and make sure MPs don’t knock off quite so early on a Thursday. He thinks the best way to do that would be to move PMQs since most MPs would want to stay around.”

If the move goes ahead then it would constitute the biggest shack up in MPQs since 1997 when Tony Blair moves it to Wednesday. Until then PMQs lasted 15-minute and was held on Tuesday and Thursdays.

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