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Jeneral2885

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Wed May-12-10 06:06 PM
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Redundancy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8679082.stm

Why one National Security Advisor and one Minister for Security?

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tjwmason

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Thu May-13-10 03:12 AM
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1. Responsibility to Parliament?

As a government Minister Lady Neville-Jones is responsible to Parliament, I doubt that the National Security Advisor will be.

I think that this is what we call 'open and honest politics'. ;)

That's my guess at least.

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Jeneral2885

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Thu May-13-10 03:23 AM
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2. responsible?

She sits in the unelected house of lords.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu May-13-10 05:10 AM
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3. Responsible to Parliament, not to electors

She has to answer oral and written questions, and speak for the government on relevant legislation. And she has relevant expertise in the area. I don't know if we have any MPs who are ex-security service/intelligence service (there was Paddy Ashdown, of course, but he's in the Lords now too, and he never openly admitted it while he was an MP).

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