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Written Question
High Speed 2 Railway Line
Monday 24th February 2020

Asked by: Lord Palmer (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what employment package the minister responsible for the implementation of HS2 will receive.

Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords

The list of Ministerial responsibilities is available on gov.uk. An updated list will be published in due course. Ministerial salaries are published on gov.uk and set in accordance with the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.


Written Question
House of Lords: Times of Sittings
Tuesday 29th October 2019

Asked by: Lord Palmer (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what estimate he has made of the total cost of the sitting of the House of Lords on Saturday 19 October.

Answered by Lord McFall of Alcluith

It is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the total cost of the sitting of the House on Saturday 19 October at this stage. The costs incurred will relate to additional staff costs and claims that Members may submit in relation to their attendance on that date. Such claims can be submitted up to the end of November and once the figures are available an update will be provided. Other directly attributable costs will be disclosed if available. However, for some general running costs, for example heating and lighting etc., it will not be possible to attribute those to a specific date.