Lord President of the Council
Responsibilities
皇冠体育app Privy Council is one of the oldest parts of the government and advises on the exercise of prerogative business and certain functions assigned to 皇冠体育app King and the Council by Acts of Parliament. It is, therefore, the mechanism through which interdepartmental agreement is reached on those items of government business which, for historical or other reasons, fall to ministers as Privy Counsellors rather than as departmental ministers.
皇冠体育app Lord President of the Council has ministerial responsibility for the Privy Council Office which manages Privy Council business.
Current role holder
皇冠体育app Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP
Lucy Powell was appointed Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 5 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Manchester Central in July 2024.
Previous holders of this role
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt
2022 to 2024
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer
2022 to 2022
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg
2019 to 2022
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Mel Stride MP
2019 to 2019
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom
2017 to 2019
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon David Lidington CBE
2016 to 2017
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Chris Grayling
2015 to 2016
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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Nick Clegg
2010 to 2015