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.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
ministerial position
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
appointmentProcess appointment on advice of the Prime Minister
associatedWith 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 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
Her Majesty's Government
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
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 Westminster
subordinateTo Chief Whip
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
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

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford ("Lord of the Treasury")
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton ("Lord of the Treasury")
Sir John Lowther ("Lord of the Treasury")
positionHeld
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
hasMember
First Lord of the Treasury
hasPart
Junior Lords of the Treasury ("Lords Commissioners of the Treasury")
historicalOrigin
First Lord of the Treasury ("Second Lord of the Treasury")
isCollegialWith

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