PM+Executive-Ministerial responsibility Flashcards
What are the 2 forms of ministerial responsibility
collective and individual responsibility
What is collective ministerial responsibility
decisions taken collectively by the executive means all ministers are collectively responsible for executive decisions.
Collective ministerial responsibility is a convention that cabinet members must publicly support the decisions made by the cabinet.
What happens when ministers fail to follow collective ministerial responsibility
they must resign from government
Why is collective responsibility important?
-PM authority greatly enhanced by the fact they don’t experience open disagreement within government
-presents that gov is united to parliament and media
-gov knows it can rely on votes of all ministers in close division in commons
-prevents ministers from expressing their opinion
what is the payroll vote
means PM can rely on at least 120 votes in HOC before a vote is taken
Why have collective ministerial responsibility
-being publicly unified
-ensures ministers are collectively responsible to parliament
-ensures ministers collectively take responsibility for gov actions
-can enforce PM power by silencing critics within gov
-create a payroll vote
Give an example of ministerial responsibility creating a strong government
2013 lib dem ministers sided with conservative ministers in opposing mansion tax, which they previously supported, ensured strong gov
What is a disadvantage of collective responsibility
means ministers have to defend policies they don’t agree with
Whats an example of ministers having to defend policies they don’t agree with
2003 Tony Blairs cabinet was not asked for approval for invading iraq until 3 days before, cabinet ministers claim they were forced to agree to go to war
Why did Boris Johnson resign from government 2018
in protest at Theresa May’s chequers deal
When did Boris Johnson resign from Mays governmaent
2018
Who resigned 15 hours before Johnson
David Davis
What was Johnsons position in 2018
Foreign secretary
What was the chequers deal
white paper of the brexit deal
