Those occupying the role have often gone on to climb the ministerial ladder and even be promoted to the Cabinet. The holder of the office is widely viewed as the Prime Minister's "eyes and ears" on the backbenches, serving as a liaison to the Prime Minister's parliamentary party. The role of PPS is seen as a starting point for many MPs who are looking to become ministers themselves. Boris Johnson has appointed Copeland MP Trudy Harrison as his aide in Parliament. [1][2] The Parliamentary Private Secretary is also responsible for meeting with members of Parliament when the Prime Minister is unavailable, and accompanying the Prime Minister to, and assisting them with preparations for Prime Minister's Questions.
Boris Johnson has appointed Copeland MP Trudy Harrison as his aide in Parliament. Private Secretary to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Kris Murrin Director, Head of Implementation Unit £110k-114.9k Deputy Director, Implementation Unit Prime Minister’s Office Total number of staff 178.29 Yet several of them have already been appointed Parliamentary Private Secretaries following the recent reshuffle of Ministerial posts. Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (DPM) is a title sometimes given to a cabinet minister in the Government of the United Kingdom. Ms Harrison said it was “an honour” to be handed the role of parliamentary private secretary (PPS), which will make her one of the closest MPs to the Prime Minister outside of the ministerial ranks. Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. Before her win, the constituency had been continually held by the Labour Party since its 1983 creation. [12]. Ms Copeland is used to the limelight after winning a by-election in February 2017 when Theresa May was Tory leader. [4] [5], PPSs are not members of the government, and all efforts are made to avoid these positions being referred to as such.
While giving the holder a close-up view of the workings of government at the highest levels, relatively few Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister seem to have gone on to serve at the highest level of government themselves, although Sir Alec Douglas-Home served as Prime Minister in 1963-4, while Anthony Barber was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1970 to 1974, Robert Carr, Home Secretary, 1972-4, and Christopher Soames, Peter Shore, and Gavin Williamson, the current Secretary of State for Education, all went on to be senior Cabinet ministers. The most basic part of the PPS role is collecting and passing on documents from civil servants to their … [8] Similarly, a PPS must not appear as a representative for any special policies. Brexiteer Kwasi Kwarteng is PPS to Philip Hammond. ", "Cameron moves John Hayes in mini reshuffle: Politics live blog", "The Londoner: The cool cats of Westminster", "James Heappey appointed Boris Johnson PPS", "Boris Johnson appoints MP Trudy Harrison as parliamentary private secretary", Second Lord of the Treasury (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parliamentary_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister&oldid=979810722, Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom, Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 22:49.