PM and Executive

Question 1

Powers of the PM (5)

Answer 1

Patronage, authority in the cabinet system, policy-making input, party leadership, public standing

Question 2

Powers of the Cabinet (4)

Answer 2

Registering and ratifying decisions, discussing and making decisions, receiving reports on key developments, settling disputes

Question 3

Elements of collective ministerial responsibility (3)

Answer 3

Secrecy, binding decisions, confidence vote

Question 4

Exceptions to collective ministerial responsibility (3)

Answer 4

Temporary suspension during referendums, coalition, free votes

Question 5

Issues on which Lib Dem ministers were not bound by CMR during the coalition (4)

Answer 5

Construction of new nuclear power stations, tax allowances for married couples, higher education funding, renewal of Trident nuclear deterrent

Question 6

Circumstances in which ministers resign (4)

Answer 6

Mistakes made within departments, policy failure, personal misconduct, political pressure

Question 7

Reasons for presidentialisation (3)

Answer 7

Personalised leadership, public outreach, spatial leadership