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Since 1997 PMQs were held every Wednesdays at 3 pm until 3.30 pm.
This overstates the 3 pm schedule. UK Parliament says PMQs moved to one Wednesday session in 1997, but only stayed at 3:00–3:30 pm until the start of 2003; they now take place at 12 noon.
Full reasoning
This claim is incorrect because it treats the 3:00–3:30 pm Wednesday slot as the arrangement since 1997 in general.
UK Parliament’s own historical summary says:
- From 1997 to the start of 2003, PMQs were on Wednesdays from 3.00 pm to 3.30 pm.
- Presently, PMQs take place every Wednesday at 12 noon.
So the 3 pm timing was only true for a limited period after the 1997 change, not for the whole period “since 1997”.
2 sources
- From the archives, Prime Minister's Questions: 21 May 1997 - UK Parliament
Between 1961 and 1997, Prime Minister's Question Time (‘PMQ’s) took place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 3.15pm to 3.30pm. From 1997 to the start of 2003 it was on Wednesdays at 3.00pm until 3.30pm. Presently the Prime Minister answers questions between midday and 12.30pm each sitting Wednesday.
- Prime Minister's Questions - UK Parliament
Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the Commons Chamber is a ticketed event which takes place every Wednesday at 12 noon.