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<p>Further to the question asked by the Hon Member of 7 September 2016, Official Report,
Column 321, I would add that my Rt Hon Friend, the Member for Derbyshire Dales, is
a Minister of the Crown and a member of the Cabinet. He will attend a number of Cabinet
Committees, which will be published in due course, and has duties directly related
to the Duchy of Lancaster. The List of Ministerial Responsibilities will also be published
in due course. He does not receive a Ministerial salary from public funds. Details
of Private Office staff will be accounted for as part of the regular transparency
data on gov.uk. The Government publishes on a quarterly basis details of Ministerial
visits overseas. All Ministers have access to the Government Car Service for official
travel.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend also serves as the Party Chairman of the Conservative
Party. Such arrangements are no different from the likes of Charles Clarke, Ian McCartney
and Hazel Blears, all of whom held the posts of Minister Without Portfolio and Labour
Party Chair under the last Labour Government.</p><p>I would also observe that under
the Thatcher and Major Governments, senior figures such as Norman Tebbit, Kenneth
Baker and Chris Patten served as both Chairman of the Conservative Party and Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster.</p>
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