individual ministerial responsibility

Question 1

what is IMR?

Answer 1

the responsibility of a minister to resign when they break the ministerial code.

Question 2

Amber Rudd IMR

Answer 2

2017 Windrush scandal - resigned after she lied to the HoC and was caught

Question 3

Priti Patel IMR

Answer 3

2017 Conflict of Interest meeting with israel without parliamentary approval - resigned after 3 days of apology

Question 4

Priti Patel NOT IMR

Answer 4

Not resigning when bullying members of 3 government departments - Alex Allan resigned in protest

Question 4

Matt Hancock both Not and IMR

Answer 4

2021 - Kissing an aide, Gina Coladangelo, during Covid - Breach of rules and inappropriate - Initially did not resign and Johnson declared matter ‘closed’ with apology but then resigned a day later - not legitimacy to stay in position

Question 5

Boris Johnson NOT IMR

Answer 5

• changed the code so ministers only need to apologise not resign
• removed references to integrity, honsety, transparency - ministers at partygate not held accountable
• Chris Pincher affair - Johnson lied and said ‘not aware of Pincher allegations’ - caught but not resigned
• resigned after massive pressure due to partygate

Question 6

Chris Pincher IMR

Answer 6

2022 Drunk and harassed 2 men and resigned the next day - 30 June

Question 7

Michael Gove NOT IMR

Answer 7

Broke law with Cummings by awarding Public First company 560k pounds - did not initially resign, was fired by Johnson later

Question 8

Theresa Coffey IMR

Answer 8

Theresa Coffey resigned in 2023 when she was not doing good work in her department and sewage in public water was a big issue

Question 9

Kwasi Karteng IMR

Answer 9

sacked as chancellor of Truss’s government after disastrous mini-budget