a) Describe the Cabinet in Britain.
The cabinet is made of the ministers appointed by the P.M with the approval of the monarch and nominated from the party with the majority of seats.
The cabinet performs the following functions;
a) The cabinet ministers institute policies that guide the operations in the various departments of the ministry.
b) Cabinet determines the policy to present to parliament for consideration.
c) Cabinet is responsible for the coordination of government activity. E.g. all ministers must implement cabinet decisions with regard to their department.
b) Outline the conventions that provided guidance on the operation of the cabinet.
a) Once a government is defeated, on a major issue or on a vote of no confidence, it is expected to resign. A government whose party is defeated in General elections is expected to resign.
b) The cabinet is drawn from the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
c) The entire cabinet comes from the same political party of majority seats except during a crisis like war. Since 1945, Britain has never embraced a coalition.
d) The advice offered by the cabinet must be accepted by the monarch, failure to which a crisis can occur.
e) All members of the cabinet take the Oath of the Privy councillors and are bound to Secrecy by this oath and the official secrets Act.
f) Members of the cabinet are collectively responsible for all decisions and actions as well as individually responsible of the departments they head.
Kavungya answered the question on May 13, 2019 at 05:59
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