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Ministerial Responsibilities

Volume 448: debated on Thursday 13 July 2006

To ask the Leader of the House which members of the Cabinet do not have their ministerial responsibilities scrutinised by a Select Committee. (84924)

All members of the Cabinet are subject to scrutiny by Select Committees in respect of their ministerial responsibilities. Those whose main responsibilities do not relate to the Departments covered by Standing Order No 152 (Select Committees related to Government Departments) are the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Leader of the House of Commons, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Leader of the House of Lords and President of the Council, the Minister without Portfolio, and the Chief Whip in the House of Commons.