Government Whips
The Government Chief Whip is the Cabinet Minister responsible for timetabling and securing the passage of Bills through the House of Commons and successfully completing the Government's legislative programme. The Chief Whip is supported by 15 Government Ministers (Whips) who are responsible for delivering the Government's Parliamentary objectives on a daily basis. The Whips are also responsible for communicating the concerns of members to those departments to whom they have departmental responsibility.
House of Commons
- Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury: The Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
- Deputy Chief Whip (Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household): The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
- Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household (Government Whip): The Rt Hon Thomas McAvoy MP
- Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household (Government Whip): John Heppell MP
- Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Government Whip):
Dave Watts MP,
Alan Campbell MP,
Kevin Brennan MP,
Frank Roy MP,
Claire Ward MP
- Assistant Government Whip:
Ian Cawsey MP,
Steve McCabe MP,
Liz Blackman MP,
Tony Cunningham MP,
Huw Irranca-Davies MP,
Jonathan Shaw MP,
Michael Foster MP
House of Lords
- Chief Whip (Captain of the Honourable Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Arms): The Rt Hon The Lord Grocott
- Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard): The Lord Davies of Oldham
- Lord in Waiting (Government Whip):
The Lord Bassam of Brighton,
The Lord Evans of Temple Guiting CBE, The Lord McKenzie of Luton
- Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip):
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon,
The Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, The Baroness Crawley
