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<p>As Leader of the House, I take my duty to represent the House to His Majesty’s
Government with the utmost seriousness. Central to this is ensuring that Peers have
their questions answered in a timely fashion by all departments. Over the recent months,
I have reminded all Front Bench Ministers of their duty to respond to Written Questions
within the 10 day target.</p><p>In addition to this, my Office routinely contacts
departments who have breached this target to ascertain the reasons why their deadlines
have been missed. As an indication of how seriously I have taken this issue, I have
also written to the Permanent Secretaries of departments and met individually with
Front Bench Ministers who repeatedly miss the target.</p><p>I believe an apology is
appropriate in such circumstances, but that it is a matter for each individual department
to determine.</p><p> </p>
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