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Taxi for the Government Chief Whip!

lordknight

Sorry, but just ocassionally I need to have a bit of a moan. Parliamentarians aren’t supposed to complain, it is our job to listen and respond to other people’s complaints. And anyway we’re alright so what have we got to moan about. Despite all that, like everyone else, I sometimes want to sound off about…

Ministers in the Lords

Lord Norton

Earlier this year, I was asked to do a post on the role of ministers in the Lords.  Normally the number of ministers sitting in the Lords is just over twenty, representing approximately twenty per cent of ministers.  They usually include two Cabinet members (the Leader of the House and now the Chief Whip –…