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has gloss | eng: In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The number of secretaries was expanded to two by 1714 at the latest. (The Prime Minister remains First Lord of the Treasury, and this is the official title on the door to 10 Downing Street; the junior Lords of the Treasury are in fact Government Whips, and not Treasury Ministers.) The Treasury Ministers together discharge all the former functions of the Lord Treasurer, which are nowadays nominally vested in the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. The Chancellor is the senior treasury minister, followed by a Minister of State, then the secretaries: Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and, at present,Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury. |
lexicalization | eng: Secretary to the Treasury |
instance of | c/Current ministerial offices in the United Kingdom |
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