Former Non-affiliated Peer
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the current position whereby there are three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and the unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords, whether they have plans to amend legislation so that all Ministers are fairly remunerated.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Strathclyde on 28 November (WA 23-4), how many Conservative Ministers there are in the House of Commons and how many of them are unpaid; and how many Liberal Democrat Ministers there are in the House of Commons and how many of them are unpaid.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ministers in the House of Lords are remunerated and to which parties they belong; how many Ministers in the House of Lords are not remunerated and to which parties they belong; and for what reasons some Ministers are not remunerated.
Former Non-affiliated Peer
Entered the House of Lords on 18 October 1997
Left the House of Lords on 21 June 2014 — Died
Party was Liberal Democrat until 7 Dec 2008
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