Ministerial Responsibility

Andrew Mackinlay
To ask the Prime Minister which Minister would take lead responsibility for the operation of Government in the event of the Prime Minister’s unforeseen incapacity; and, in the absence of that Minister, which Minister would then take responsibility.

The Prime Minister
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (David Davis) on 9 December 2003, Official Report, column 374W.