THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE
The Leader of the House is the Commons' chief business 
manager. He or she is a Cabinet Minister, and therefore 
responsible for defending the Government's policies in 
the House - but the Leader also has the wider task of 
upholding the rights and privileges of the House. 

Other tasks include announcing Parliamentary business in 
the House, and answering questions on it every Thursday. 
In procedural debates, the Leader sets out the Government's 
view. And when motions relating to the business of the House - 
including Closure motions, and disciplining individual MPs - need to 
be moved, he or she is usually responsible for doing so.