Duties And Responsibilities Of The Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Lancaster

EDM number 1935 in 2003-04, proposed by Oliver Heald on 16/11/2004.

That this House notes that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has completed just eight minutes at the Dispatch Box since his appointment in September; also notes that the Minister for the Cabinet Office has declined to reveal the sum earmarked by her Department to cover the cost of creating a separate Chancellor of the Duchy; further notes that previous holders of the post primarily engaged in election campaigning have not been paid a full Cabinet Minister's salary; and accordingly regrets the departure from precedent in the case of the Right honourable Member for Darlington.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs.