Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip)
Responsibilities
Lords Whips have the same constitutional position as departmental ministers. Their role in the House of Lords is different from that of Whips in the Commons, which is predominantly party management.
A Lords Whip has an active role at the despatch box promoting and defending departmental policy which involves:
- answering questions
- responding to debates
- taking through primary and secondary legislation
If the department concerned does not have a departmental minister in the House of Lords, all of that department’s business will fall to a Whip.
Previous holders of this role
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Baroness Goldie DL
2016 to 2019
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The Rt Hon Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
2015 to 2016