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date	03/03/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
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answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Clocks and Watches
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the reason for the placement of the new clock at the end of the Content Lobby.
tabling member printed	Lord Brougham and Vaux
uin	HL5388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The clock, known as Lord Grimthorpe’s regulator, was bequeathed to the House of Lords by Edward Heywood. Lord Grimthorpe was also the designer of Parliament’s Great Clock.</p><p>Upon Mr Heywood’s death last year, the clock was delivered to Parliament and potential locations for its display were discussed by the House of Lords Works of Art Committee. As it is a wall mounted timepiece, there were limited locations in which to display it, and the niche at the end of the Content Lobby proved to be ideal as it could be viewed by Peers and is relatively safe from accidental damage. It can also be easily accessed for regular winding and maintenance.</p><p>Before it went on display in the February half term Recess, the mechanism and case were restored. There will be a piece explaining the clock’s history in this month’s Red Benches and a short note about it produced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 17/03/2015 17:13:01 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3329 label Biography information for Lord Brougham and Vaux

224980

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many job vacancies within the House of Lords were advertised on the parliamentary website in 2014; and what proportion of posts filled were available to external candidates.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Between 1 January and 31 December 2014 the House of Lords Administration advertised 81 job vacancies on either the intranet (for internal vacancies) or the parliamentary website (for external vacancies). All external vacancies were open to internal applicants. Of the 81 job vacancies advertised, 42 (51.85%) were advertised to external candidates on the parliamentary website. In many cases, externally advertised vacancies were also uploaded onto job boards and specialist websites.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 17/03/2015 17:14:22 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey