Holding the executive to account...

Being the laughing boys they are, the Tories are asking some searching questions about staffing arrangements in the Deputy Prime Minister's office. Staffing arrangements being one of the few areas where Prescott may be able to answer questions given that he is now responsible for very little else.

If the Prime Minister arrives a few minutes early for PMQs today he might hear this question tabled to his valued lieutenant...

14 Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his new office will have a diary secretary.