Junior Lords of the Treasury

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The Junior Lords of the Treasury are government whips in the British House of Commons who formally serve as subordinate Treasury ministers while primarily managing party discipline and parliamentary business.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
ministerial position
political office
appliesToJurisdiction British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
appointedBy British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appointmentProcess appointment on advice of the Prime Minister
associatedWith British Cabinet
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Treasury of the United Kingdom
party management in Parliament
branch executive branch of the United Kingdom
legislative branch of the United Kingdom
compensationCategory paid government whip
country United Kingdom
formalFunction junior minister without departmental portfolio
subordinate Treasury minister
governmentBody HM Treasury
historicalOrigin Junior Lords of the Treasury self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
house House of Commons of the United Kingdom
inferredFrom role as government whips in the British House of Commons
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalStatus Crown appointment
ministerial office in the Treasury
locatedIn Palace of Westminster
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
officeHolderRole government whip
party whip
officeScope United Kingdom-wide
partOf Government Whips Office
His Majesty’s Government
surface form: Her Majesty's Government

His Majesty’s Government
surface form: His Majesty's Government
primaryFunction assisting in management of the government’s legislative programme
maintaining party discipline in the House of Commons
organising parliamentary business for the government
relatedPosition Assistant Whip
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
surface form: Lord Commissioner of the Treasury

Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
requires membership of the governing party or coalition in the House of Commons
seat City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster
subordinateTo Chief Whip
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
typicalRank junior ministerial rank
usedFor counting votes and arranging divisions
ensuring government MPs vote with the party line
liaison between backbench MPs and the government

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Lord of the Treasury hasPart Junior Lords of the Treasury
First Lord of the Treasury isCollegialWith Junior Lords of the Treasury
this entity surface form: Second Lord of the Treasury
Junior Lords of the Treasury historicalOrigin Junior Lords of the Treasury self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
Sir John Lowther positionHeld Junior Lords of the Treasury
this entity surface form: Lord of the Treasury
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton positionHeld Junior Lords of the Treasury
this entity surface form: Lord of the Treasury
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury hasMember Junior Lords of the Treasury
Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford positionHeld Junior Lords of the Treasury
this entity surface form: Lord of the Treasury