ABSTRACT
Privileges of the House (see Chapter 18), and is regulated by the Leader of the House, the government Chief Whip and by the House as a whole. As noted above, the Lord Speaker of the House, has no formal powers to control the House. The Leader of the House is a political appointment in the hands of the Prime Minister, and the Leader of the House is a Member of Cabinet. It is his or her principal duty to advise on matters of procedure and order. The government Chief Whip is responsible for the arrangement of government business and consultation with other parties as to its arrangement. As with the Whip in the Commons, the Chief Whip sends out a weekly indication of the need for Members’ attendance at particular items of business.
