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Written Question
Democratic Unionist Party: Finance
Monday 3rd July 2017

Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, what the allocation of Short Money to the Democratic Unionist Party is.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom

I have been informed by the Clerk of the House as Accounting Officer that the Democratic Unionist Party does qualify for Short money as an opposition party under the terms of the Resolution of the House of 26 May 1999.

Following the General Election of 8 June 2017, the full year Short Money allocation for the Democratic Unionist Party is:

Main Budget: £222,305.00

Travel Budget: £4,925.14

There is no Ministerial responsibility for Short money, which comes under the auspices of the Members Estimate Committee, for which I act as spokesperson.

Written Question
George Osborne
Thursday 23rd March 2017

Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, whether the right hon. Member for Tatton will continue to (a) have access to Privy Council papers, (b) attend full meetings of the Privy Council and (c) receive sensitive information on Privy Counsellor terms after his appointment as Editor of the London Evening Standard.

Answered by David Lidington

Only serving Government Ministers have a role in the Privy Council’s day-to-day business. Privy Counsellors who have left government do not attend Privy Council meetings, nor are they consulted on Privy Council business.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2016
EU Referendum (Privy Council)

"(Urgent Question): I seek not to embarrass you in any way, Mr Speaker, but to ask the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement on the adherence to the rules and conventions of the Privy Council in the light of the suspension of collective responsibility in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2016
EU Referendum (Privy Council)

"Last Wednesday, The Sun published a front-page story relating to the EU referendum, which it said was based on two “impeccably placed” sources. The right hon. Gentleman will know that every member of the Privy Council swears a solemn and binding oath to the Queen that they will, in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2013
Business of the House

"On special advisers, the Leader of the House’s answers to the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone) and to the shadow Leader of the House were complacent. All over central Government, Ministers are bearing down on spending Departments, yet when it comes to their own personal support, it appears there …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 May 2012
Privilege

"I support the hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) in his recommendations. These are very serious matters and they mark a parliamentary milestone in an investigation that began in 2003, when my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) asked the now infamous question about payments to the police. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2012
Business of the House

"A debate on the future of the Freedom of Information Act would allow us to test the use of private e-mails by Ministers. I fear that my constituents are losing out because Sandwell council may not have been able to test the validity of the decision to cut the Building …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Nov 2011
Business of the House

"The Metropolitan police have just announced that they have arrested their first suspect in computer hacking. This marks phase 2 of the hacking scandal. Does the Leader of the House think that there might be merit in having a debate, which would allow us to test the remit of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. There is a world of difference between a journalist who bribes a police officer for information and a journalist who gets information from a police officer, freely given. The former corrodes our democracy, while the latter protects it. In that light, is the Secretary of State concerned about the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jun 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"Many consumers are removing their fixed lines and using mobile telephony to access the internet. I recently wrote to the Secretary of State to say that because of the delay to the spectrum auction, there is a potential loss to the Exchequer of £316 million. Given that O2 is threatening …..."
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