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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-22more like thismore than 2015-10-22
answering body
Leader of the House of Lords remove filter
answering dept id 92 more like this
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name Leader of the House of Lords more like this
hansard heading Peers: Ministerial Policy Advisers remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of whether denying a member of the House of Lords who is a Special Adviser the right to speak is in breach of the letters patent, which refer to "seat" and "voice". more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Campbell-Savours more like this
uin HL2899 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-11-05more like thismore than 2015-11-05
answer text <p>A member of the House of Lords who is eligible to take part in the work of the House, and who is also a serving special adviser, is not denied the right to speak. It has, however, been an accepted practice under successive administrations that members in that position vote but refrain from speaking.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-11-05T15:38:41.287Zmore like thismore than 2015-11-05T15:38:41.287Z
answering member
4205
label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston more like this
tabling member
499
label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours more like this