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Parliamentary private secretary
UK government office / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a UK government office. For similar positions in other countries, see Parliamentary secretary.
Not to be confused with Principal Private Secretary.
A parliamentary private secretary (PPS) is a member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a government minister or a shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the "eyes and ears" of the minister in the House of Commons.[1]
PPSs are junior to parliamentary under-secretaries of state, a ministerial post salaried by one or more departments.