Parliamentary Private Secretaries

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parliamentary position political aide role

Parliamentary Private Secretaries are unpaid junior MPs who act as political aides and liaisons between government ministers and backbenchers within the UK parliamentary system.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Parliamentary Private Secretary	5
Parliamentary Private Secretaries canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary position ⓘ political aide role ⓘ
actsAs	liaisons between ministers and backbenchers ⓘ political aides ⓘ
appointedBy	government ministers ⓘ
associatedWith	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
cannotHold	ministerial office simultaneously in the same department (by convention) ⓘ
careerSignificance	often considered first step on ministerial ladder ⓘ
compensation	unpaid ⓘ
composedOf	Members of Parliament ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagesIn	briefing backbenchers on government policy ⓘ informal whipping and vote counting ⓘ relaying backbench concerns to ministers ⓘ
governedBy	parliamentary conventions rather than statute ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	PPS ⓘ
hasMemberType	junior MPs ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	role developed in the 19th and 20th centuries in the UK ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
language	English ⓘ
mediatesBetween	backbench MPs ⓘ government ministers ⓘ
partOf	UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom UK parliamentary system ⓘ
politicalNature	party-political ⓘ
primaryFunction	facilitate communication between ministers and backbenchers ⓘ provide political support to ministers ⓘ
reportsTo	government ministers ⓘ
requiresHouse	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons
requiresPosition	Member of Parliament ⓘ
restriction	expected to maintain collective responsibility informally ⓘ expected to vote with the government ⓘ normally do not sign motions critical of the government ⓘ normally do not speak against government policy in Parliament ⓘ
sector	politics ⓘ
status	not members of the government ⓘ not paid a government salary for the role ⓘ
supports	management of parliamentary business for ministers ⓘ policy presentation in Parliament ⓘ
worksWith	ministerial private offices ⓘ

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Subject: Parliamentary Private Secretaries
Description of subject: Parliamentary Private Secretaries are unpaid junior MPs who act as political aides and liaisons between government ministers and backbenchers within the UK parliamentary system.