May I also welcome the Leader of the House to his new position? I should like to take him back to his previous incarnation as Health Secretary. Is he as shocked as I was to find out how much typing work is now being outsourced abroad by hospitals? My freedom...

May I also welcome the Leader of the House to his new position? I should like to take him back to his previous incarnation as Health Secretary. Is he as shocked as I was to find out how much typing work is now being outsourced abroad by hospitals? My freedom...

I will of course raise that issue with the Department of Health on the right hon. Gentleman’s behalf, but he might also like to raise it himself in the pre-recess Adjournment debate, which will give Members the opportunity to mention issues of that kind. I was interested to see, in...

I will of course raise that issue with the Department of Health on the right hon. Gentleman’s behalf, but he might also like to raise it himself in the pre-recess Adjournment debate, which will give Members the opportunity to mention issues of that kind. I was interested to see, in...

To ask the Chairman of Committees what consideration the House Committee has given to the reinstatement of a secretarial allowance during the Summer Recess to allow Members of the House of Lords to pay their full- or part-time staff.

To ask the Chairman of Committees what consideration the House Committee has given to the reinstatement of a secretarial allowance during the Summer Recess to allow Members of the House of Lords to pay their full- or part-time staff.

House of Lords: expense allowances and costs. House of Lords Library Note 2009/009. This House of Lords Library Note looks at the expense allowances that Peers have been able to claim since 1946. In particular, a chronology of key debates and motions is provided, as is a summary table of expense allowances. The second part of this Note provides a series of figures of the cost of the House of Lords since the Life Peerages Act 1958.

House of Lords: expense allowances and costs. House of Lords Library Note 2009/009. This House of Lords Library Note looks at the expense allowances that Peers have been able to claim since 1946. In particular, a chronology of key debates and motions is provided, as is a summary table of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department provides a separate diary secretary to (a) each Minister of State and (b) each Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department provides a separate diary secretary to (a) each Minister of State and (b) each Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department provides a separate diary secretary to (a) the Economic Secretary, (b) the Financial Secretary, (c) the Exchequer Secretary and (d) the Minister of State.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department provides a separate diary secretary to (a) the Economic Secretary, (b) the Financial Secretary, (c) the Exchequer Secretary and (d) the Minister of State.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Secretary of State for Defence has a diary secretary provided at public expense.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether the Secretary of State for Defence has a diary secretary provided at public expense.

Whether the Secretary of State for Scotland has a diary secretary provided at public expense.

Whether the Secretary of State for Scotland has a diary secretary provided at public expense.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will amend the ministerial code to regulate the role of Members of the House of Lords who are named as advisers to the Government; and whether there will be any restrictions on remunerated employment undertaken by such advisers during and after their term of office...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will amend the ministerial code to regulate the role of Members of the House of Lords who are named as advisers to the Government; and whether there will be any restrictions on remunerated employment undertaken by such advisers during and after their term of office...

Whether, in their role as advisers to the Government, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Baroness Neuberger, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington and Baroness Williams of Crosby will be bound by the Official Secrets Act 1989.

Whether, in their role as advisers to the Government, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Baroness Neuberger, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington and Baroness Williams of Crosby will be bound by the Official Secrets Act 1989.

Whether, in their role as advisers to the Government, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Baroness Neuberger, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington and Baroness Williams of Crosby will be entitled to receive (a) secretarial assistance above their current entitlement as Members of the House of Lords; (b) expenses above their current entitlement...

Whether, in their role as advisers to the Government, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, Baroness Neuberger, Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington and Baroness Williams of Crosby will be entitled to receive (a) secretarial assistance above their current entitlement as Members of the House of Lords; (b) expenses above their current entitlement...

Whether Members of the House of Lords who have an official status as advisers to the Government will be required to register publicly all earnings relating to the subjects on which they are advising the Government; and

Whether Members of the House of Lords who have an official status as advisers to the Government will be required to register publicly all earnings relating to the subjects on which they are advising the Government; and

(2) how many medical secretaries in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust have (a) taken voluntary retirement and (b) been made redundant and not had their posts replaced in the last 12 months.

(2) how many medical secretaries in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust have (a) taken voluntary retirement and (b) been made redundant and not had their posts replaced in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the work formerly carried out by in-house medical secretaries in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust is now being carried out by agency staff; and what the effect on costs of the Trust has been in each quarter of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the work formerly carried out by in-house medical secretaries in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust is now being carried out by agency staff; and what the effect on costs of the Trust has been in each quarter of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many medical secretaries were employed in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust (a) in 2000, (b) in 2005, (c) in 2006 and (d) on the most recent date for which figures are available;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many medical secretaries were employed in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust (a) in 2000, (b) in 2005, (c) in 2006 and (d) on the most recent date for which figures are available;

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his new office will have a diary secretary.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his new office will have a diary secretary.