Ministerial Responsibility (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards
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Individual responsibility
Individual responsibility
Ministers accountable for own conduct & dept work
Collective responsibility
Collective responsibility
Ministers must publicly support all govt policies
Ministerial accountability
Ministerial accountability
Duty to explain & justify actions to Parliament
Most frequent ministerial resignation cause
Most frequent ministerial resignation cause
Personal misconduct
Ministerial Code principles count
Ministerial Code principles count
Seven
Final arbiter of Ministerial Code
Final arbiter of Ministerial Code
The Prime Minister
Collective responsibility suspension examples
Collective responsibility suspension examples
1975 & 2016 EU referendums, Heathrow 2016
Why policy failure rarely causes resignation
Why policy failure rarely causes resignation
All major policies agreed collectively by cabinet
Crichel Down Affair significance
Crichel Down Affair significance
Rare example: minister resigned for dept errors (1954)
Robin Cook resignation reason (2003)
Robin Cook resignation reason (2003)
Disagreed with Iraq War policy