Constitutional and Administrative Law - Central Government and Accountability

Question 1

Cabinet Committees

Answer 1

Sub-committees of the main cabinet. Allow for matters to be discussed without needing to go to the full Cabinet. Decisions made in Cabinet committees have the same authority as a Cabinet decision.

Question 2

Carltona Doctrine

Answer 2

Power granted to a Secretary of State in an Act of Parliament, in practice, could be exercised by a civil servant within their department

Question 3

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Answer 3

Hears appeals on points of law from commonwealth countries or British Overseas Territories. Appeals heard by Justices of the Supreme Court

Question 4

Collective Responsibility

Answer 4

(1) Confidentiality (2) Unanimity