Ranked: These Are Malta’s Most And Least Active MPs For Parliamentary Questions
As Malta’s legislature enters its second year, PN’s Jerome Caruana Cilia leads the charge as the MP who has asked the most parliamentary questions.
Data effective as of 9th January shows the Qormi MP has had a total of 967 PQs answered by ministers, just ahead of his colleagues Graziella Galea (952) and Ivan Bartolo (950).
Veteran PN MPs Chris Said (887) and Carm Mifsud Bonnici (886) make up the rest of the top five.
The data refers to PQs that have already been answered, and doesn’t include PQs that have been submitted but are scheduled in upcoming sittings. Nevertheless, it is extremely indicative of the parliamentary activity of MPs.
While Caruana Cilia , Galea and Bartolo have asked almost 1,000 PQs each, PL’s Edward Zammit Lewis and Malcolm Paul Agius Galea and PN’s Stephen Spiteri haven’t asked a single one.
Agius Galea, along with Omar Farrugia and Glenn Bedingfield have been included in this list because they were backbenchers prior to the recent Cabinet reshuffle.
PL MP Aaron Farrugia hasn’t been included because he was only recently demoted to the backbenches, while Opposition Leader Bernard Grech is also being left out.
With that being said, here is the full ranking.
1. Jerome Caruana Cilia (PN) – 967
2. Graziella Galea (PN) – 952
3. Ivan Bartolo (PN) – 950
4. Chris Said (PN) – 887
5. Carm Mifsud Bonnici (PN) – 886
6. Claudette Buttigieg (PN) – 762
7. Ivan Castillo (PN) – 656
8. Rebekah Borg (PN) – 624
9. Darren Carabott (PN) – 575
10. Ian Vassallo (PN) – 569
11. Albert Buttigieg (PN) – 560
12. Paula Mifsud Bonnici (PN) – 482
13. Mark Anthony Sammut (PN) – 461
14. Graziella Attard Previ (PN) – 444
15. Justin Schembri (PN) – 376
16. Stanley Zammit (PN) – 358
17. Toni Bezzina (PN) – 348
18. Julie Zahra (PN) – 361
19. Karol Aquilina (PN) – 260
20. Joe Giglio (PN) – 248
21. Charles Azzopardi (PN) – 185
22. Alex Borg (PN) – 178
23. Bernice Bonello (PN) – 155
24. Janice Chetcuti (PN) – 152
25. Graham Bencini (PN) – 141
26. Chris Agius (PL) – 129
27. Ryan Callus (PN) – 118
28. Robert Cutajar (PN) – 103
29. Glenn Bedingfield (PL) – 95
30. Beppe Fenech Adami (PN) – 94
31. Mario De Marco (PN) – 87
32. Naomi Cachia (PL) – 61
33. Eve Borg Bonello (PN) – 59
34. Adrian Delia (PN) and Rosianne Cutajar (Independent) – both 49
35. Katya De Giovanni (PL) – 39
36. Romilda Zarb Baldacchino (PL) – 20
37. Deo Debattista (PL) – 18
38. Cressida Galea (PL), Ivan J Bartolo (PN) and Omar Farrugia (PL) – 11
39. Ray Abela (PL) – 10
40. Abigail Camilleri (PL) – 8
41. Michael Farrugia (PL) and Alex Muscat (PL) – 3
42. Randolph De Battista (PL) – 2
43. Stephen Spiteri (PN), Malcolm Paul Agius Galea (PL) and Edward Zammit Lewis (PL) – all 0
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