Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Appointment Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Appointment

Patrick Grady Excerpts
Monday 7th February 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. He knows that quality is often better than quantity. That is what we have with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the role that he will perform.

Patrick Grady Portrait Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP)
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Can the Minister give us an example of a decision that the chief of staff will take in that new capacity, different from a decision he might have taken as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for which he will be accountable and answerable to this House?