HC Deb 22 May 2002 vol 386 cc319-20W
Norman Baker

To ask the Prime Minister which Departments have lead responsibility for (a)(i) Royal, (ii) Church and (iii) hereditary issues and(b) lords-lieutenant. [57970]

The Prime Minister

In England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor's Department has lead responsibility for these matters. Lords-lieutenant and certain Church and royal household posts are Crown appointments and are therefore made by Her Majesty the Queen on my advice.