Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster


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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a minister of the crown, nominally appointed as representative of the Queen (who is the Duke, not Duchess, of Lancaster), but in practice chiefly employed on parliamentary work determined by the prime minister
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He became Treasurer of the Exchequer, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and last of all Lord Chancellor of England.
The Duke of Devenham, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whose wife entertained for his party, and whose immense income, derived mostly from her American relations, was always at its disposal, was a person almost as important in the councils of his country as the Prime Minister himself.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also said that some food prices would increase in the event of withdrawal from the EU without an agreement.
Duncan Buchanan, policy director for the RHA in England and Wales, was to meet Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in charge of no-deal preparations, said he was confident the country's food system would be able to cope if the UK was unable to strike a new agreement with the EU.
Mr Gove, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who is in charge of no-deal preparations, said he was "deeply saddened" by the EU position, which was "not in Europe's interests".
The Prime Minister was yesterday chairing his first meeting of the Brexit war cabinet - comprising of the Chancellor, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove, Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay and Attorney General Geoffrey Cox.
In parliament Michael Gove, now Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, irritates me to my inner core.
The new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in charge of no-deal preparations in the Cabinet Office, said there was a "very real prospect" an agreement would not be struck with Brussels before the deadline.
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