In the United Kingdom, a minister without portfolio is often a cabinet position, or often attends cabinet. The role is sometimes used to enable the chairman of the governing party, contemporarily eith
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The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. The role includes as part of its duties the administration of the estates and rents of the Duc
Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)
…Party, to attend cabinet meetings. (If so, they hold the title of "Party chairman".) The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal, Paymaster General, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which have few responsibilities and have a higher rank in the order of precedence than minister without portfolio can also be used to similar effect…
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