Chapitre 7 The Executive

Question 1

The Prime Minister

Answer 1

• Head of the UK government
• Responsible for the policy and decisions of the government
• Appoints members of the Cabinet
• Current PM : Theresa May

Question 2

Deputy Prime minister

Answer 2

• Over the past 100 years, four cabinet ministers have held the title of deputy prime minister.
• The responsability have varied over the years

Question 3

The Cabinet

Answer 3

• the supreme decision making body in government
• every Tuesday, members of cabinet meet in the Cabinet room (10 Downing Street) to discuss the big issues of the dat.
• The prime minister chairs the meeting, select its members and also recommends their appointment as ministers by the Monarch
• Senior cabinet positions are appointed by the PM (the most senior members are the Deputy prime minister, foreign secretary, chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary)
• The decisions taken their become government policy, if supported in the HoC.

Question 4

The Cabinet Committees System

Answer 4

• Cabinet committees reduce the burden on the Cabinet by enabling collective decisions to be take by a smaller group of ministers.

Question 5

The shadow Cabinet

Answer 5

• made up of MPs and Members of the House of lords from the second largest party, or the official ill opposition party.
• The opposition party appoints and MP to shadow each of the members of the cabinet. They are known as Front bench.

Question 6

Burden

Answer 6

The main responsability for achieving a specified aim or task Cabinet office.

Question 7

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer 7

The chief finance minister of the UK who prepares the nation’s annual budgets

Question 8

Civil service

Answer 8

the permanent professional branches of a state’s administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians

Question 9

Coalition

Answer 9

A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government

Question 10

Collective responsibility

Answer 10

every member’s responsibility regardless of an individual member’s involvement in decisions or the member’s position or rank

Question 11

Dismiss

Answer 11

Remove from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance

Question 12

Foreign secretary

Answer 12

The government minister who heads the foreign and commonwealth office

Question 13

General election

Answer 13

The election of representatives to a legislature from constituencies throughout the country

Question 14

Home Secretary

Answer 14

The secretary of state in charge of the home office

Question 15

Hung parliament

Answer 15

A parliament in which no party has won enough seats to control the parliament and form a government

Question 16

Legislative program

Answer 16

List of bills which the government intends to introduce to Parliament during a parliamentary session

Question 17

Policy

Answer 17

A course of principle action adopted or proposed by an organization or individuals

Question 18

Reshuffle

Answer 18

A reshuffle provides the Prime minister an opportunity to change the composition of the Cabinet and Ministerial posts

Question 19

Rt Hon

Answer 19

Right Honourable, a title given to certain high officials such as Privy counsellors and government ministers

Question 20

Secretary of state

Answer 20

The head of a major government department

Question 21

Sub-committees

Answer 21

a committee composed of some members of a larger committee, board or other body and reporting to it