article_snippet: The Speaker also set out The Speaker plans for greater public involvement in the work of the Commons.
article_snippet: The Speaker said: 'Democracy needs not only to be done but to be seen to be done to enjoy the weight it deserves.
article_snippet: Reconnecting Parliament and the public is thus not some sort of public relations exercise but absolutely central to Reconnecting Parliament status.'
article_snippet: The Speaker also repeated The Speaker criticism of the way Prime Minister's Questions was conducted, and called for the party leaders to improve the tone of the exchanges.
article_snippet: The Speaker said: 'PMQs are what the public see and hear of Parliament more than anything else. '
article_snippet: My submission, supported anecdotally wherever I go around the country and by some polling evidence, is that the public disapprove of the decibel level and orchestrated barracking. '
article_snippet: Put simply, if the party leaders want conduct on a Wednesday lunchtime to improve, the party leaders want conduct on a Wednesday lunchtime to improve will.