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Whips and Prime
The Treasury Commission ceased to meet late in the 18th century but has survived, albeit with very different functions: the First Lord of the Treasury is now the Prime Minister, the Second Lord is the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( and actually in charge of the Treasury ), and the Junior Lords are government Whips maintaining party discipline in the House of Commons ; they no longer have any duties related to the Treasury, though when subordinate legislation requires the consent of the Treasury it is still two of the Junior Lords who sign on its behalf.
The Prime Minister appoints ministers known as the " Whips ", who use his patronage to negotiate for the support of MPs and to discipline dissenters of the government parliamentary party.
* Various Chief Whips, usually acting in Yes Minister as a " gatekeeper " to the unseen Prime Minister, the first of whom, Vic Gould, was played by Edward Jewesbury.
( The others are the Prime Minister and Government Whips.

Whips and Minister
He served in the Conservative Whips Office from 1997-9, and became a Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland in 1999.

Whips and on
He also provided narration for the songs " The Illinois Enema Bandit " and " Punky's Whips " ( a business dispute between Zappa and his then record company led to " Punky's Whips " being removed from the 1978 album, but the song was reinstated on the 1993 CD ).
Wolverhampton Wanderers, playing as the " Los Angeles Wolves ", won the Western Division and then went on to earn the League Title by defeating the Eastern Division champions Washington Whips ( Aberdeen of Scotland ) in the championship match.
In the end the amendment failed, but voting on it saw the Liberal majority reduced by 40, and when a compromise amendment was proposed by another Liberal MP the government Whips were forced to trawl for votes.
Producer Greg Hampton, who has previously worked on such archival Bolin releases as Whips and Roses is currently co-producing ( with Gov't Mule leader Warren Haynes ) a star-studded tribute to Bolin-title and release date TBA.
The Whips keep check on which MPs enter which Lobby and try and persuade them to enter the Lobby that the Party would like them to enter.
Smith resigned from the Whips ' Office on health grounds.
Whips can be used on oneself as part of a religious practice, or on consenting persons during BDSM activities.
She rejoined the government in 2003 on appointment to the Government Whips Office again.
He spoke in the Commons for the first time on 21 May 1997 and in an otherwise traditional maiden speech, joked prophetically about refusing to be intimidated by the Whips.
Whips mounted on vehicles use the metal skin of the vehicle as a ground plane.
Later on, Leon can acquire three more whips, each guarded by an elemental boss: the Ice, Lightning, and Fire Elemental Whips.
* A 1967 Lincoln Continental owned by Leftwich was featured on an episode of the show Unique Whips on Speed Channel.
The Opposition Whips liaise with him on matters such as office equipment which they may require.
Pairing in the British House of Commons was ended by a decision of the Labour and Liberal Democrat Chief Whips, Donald Dewar and Archy Kirkwood on 17 December 1996, following an incident when they claimed to find the Conservative government cheating in a vote by pairing the same three Conservative MPs with three absent Labour MPs as well as three absent Liberal Democrat MPs.
This modification, named the X-1 Kai, involves adding " Screw Whips ", long heat whips with a spinning drill at the end, on its rear skirt armor.
The CD reissue was remixed to feature guitar overdubs that were recorded at the time of the album's issue but not included on the original vinyl, and contained a different recording of Punky's Whips and the full-length Titties & Beer.

Whips and MPs
He was one of the MPs sometimes locked in small rooms at Parliament by Whips to keep them sober enough to vote in critical divisions, though in 1872 this was defeated when political opponents lowered a bottle of whisky down the chimney to him.
Undeterred by the Whips criticism, Marsden then spoke out against the press officer Jo Moore who had said, that 9 / 11 was " a very good day to get out anything we want to bury "; he and Tam Dalyell were the only two Labour MPs to vote against the Government .< ref >< i > Hansard Ministerial Conduct 23 / 10 / 01

Whips and party
* the power of the Government Whips ( whose role is to ensure party members vote in accordance with the party line )
They shift power from party hierarchs to voters, from Whips to backbenchers and from ministers to Parliament.
Law refused to condemn the events, and it seems apparent that while he had played no part in organising them they had been pre organised by the party Whips.
Whips are a party's " enforcers ", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy.
Crerar attempted to introduce certain attributes of a standard party to the Progressives, including Parliamentary Whips and a national party organization.
Other Whips, who are fewer in number due to the decreased importance of party discipline in the Lords, are appointed as Lords in Waiting if men and Baronesses in Waiting if women.

Whips and which
It is often the Whips who answer the question this time after which the Speaker announces the Tellers, two ( one Government MP, one Opposition MP ) for the Ayes and two for the Noes.
Whips are generally of two types, either a firm stick device designed to strike directly, or a flexible whip which must be swung in a specific manner to be effective, but has a longer reach.
Marsden complained bitterly that he had been subjected to late night physical attacks by some Labour Whips, which were vigorously denied.
Their new line up consisted of Choppa, Curren $ y, Krazy, Magic, Master P, Silkk The Shocker & T-Bo for their second album, Ballers, which includes the hit Tight Whips.

Whips and is
Each Chief Whip is assisted by two Deputy Whips.
In the coalition one of the Deputy Whips is always the National Party whip.
Hart made adult movies from 1980 until 1984, and is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Roommates and A Scent of Heather.
The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under the control of the Lord Steward's Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the government's Deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons.
Pastor is one of the nine Chief Deputy Whips for the Democratic Caucus.
Whips can also be used without painful stimulus, as a tool that is an extension of the human hand or arm, used as a visual command, or to tap an animal, or to exert pressure, in order to indicate a certain command.
He is also one of the Majority Whips.
The Government Chief Whip is assisted by the Deputy Chief Whip, Whips, and Assistant Whips.
The Deputy Chief Whip is Treasurer of HM Household, the next two Whips are Comptroller of HM Household and Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household, and the remaining Whips are Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
Kemp himself is easily manipulated by the Whips into giving them a free hand in enforcing discipline.
It is also the home of the Winnipeg Rifles of the Prairie Football Conference and has been home to various iterations of the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Winnipeg Whips ( AAA Montreal Expos farm team ) baseball teams.
This is discussed at a meeting of all Whips at their Wednesday night meeting.
The Government Whip is Lim Swee Say, assisted by two Deputy Government Whips, Inderjit Singh and Dr. Amy Khor.

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