HC Deb 15 June 1999 vol 333 cc125-6W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if all hon. Members representing constituencies within the County Palatine are to receive invitations to the celebrations marking the 600th anniversary of the Duchy. [86713]

Dr. Jack Cunningham

My hon. Friends the Members for Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Dawson) and for Morecambe and Lunesdale (Miss Smith) have been invited to attend functions in their constituencies associated with The Queen's visit to Lancashire next month in connection with the 600th anniversary of the Duchy's link with the Crown.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list those thoroughfares along which he is entitled to pass in a vehicle in his capacity as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to which the general public is denied equivalent access. [86714]

Dr. Jack Cunningham

I am not aware of any such thoroughfares.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the average amount of time which he devotes each week to Duchy matters. [87004]

Dr. Jack Cunningham

On average, approximately 5 per cent. of my time.