Essay plans 3. The P.M and the
Executive RATED A+
The executive's most important role is proposing the budget' - how far do you agree? - ✔✔✔Proposing
budget most important
- How government will utilise our money, makes largest difference
- Reflection of priorities
Proposing budget not most important
- Proposing legislation is, leading to major changes
- Making policy decisions is, changing future direction of country
Royal prerogative powers the executive currently possesses should be abolished' - how far do you
agree? - ✔✔✔Powers historically held by Crown but transferred to PM/other ministers
Should be abolished
- Grant legal pardons
- Award honours
- Declare war and authorise use of armed forces
- Take action to maintain order in case of emergency
- Others already have been effectively (FTPA)
Should not be abolished
, - Grant legal pardons
- Award honours
- Declare war and authorise use of armed forces
- Take action to maintain order in case of emergency
- FTPA can be overridden
Evaluate the view that the executive is too powerful in current UK politics - ✔✔✔Executive too
powerful
- Parliamentary majority enables introduction of far-reaching, even irreversible legislation
- use of secondary legislation and guillotine
- patronage/whip powers + collective ministerial responsibility
- royal prerogative powers
- Control of parliamentary timetable
- Parliamentary sovereignty, override with Acts of Parliament (Belmarsh case, Labour post 9/11)
Executive not too powerful
- Scrutiny work of SCs (see select committee essay)
- Increasing restrictions on prerogative powers (see prerogative powers essay)
- Increasing power of backbenchers (see backbenchers essay)
- Held accountable by people at election time
- Shift of power due to Brexit
Executive RATED A+
The executive's most important role is proposing the budget' - how far do you agree? - ✔✔✔Proposing
budget most important
- How government will utilise our money, makes largest difference
- Reflection of priorities
Proposing budget not most important
- Proposing legislation is, leading to major changes
- Making policy decisions is, changing future direction of country
Royal prerogative powers the executive currently possesses should be abolished' - how far do you
agree? - ✔✔✔Powers historically held by Crown but transferred to PM/other ministers
Should be abolished
- Grant legal pardons
- Award honours
- Declare war and authorise use of armed forces
- Take action to maintain order in case of emergency
- Others already have been effectively (FTPA)
Should not be abolished
, - Grant legal pardons
- Award honours
- Declare war and authorise use of armed forces
- Take action to maintain order in case of emergency
- FTPA can be overridden
Evaluate the view that the executive is too powerful in current UK politics - ✔✔✔Executive too
powerful
- Parliamentary majority enables introduction of far-reaching, even irreversible legislation
- use of secondary legislation and guillotine
- patronage/whip powers + collective ministerial responsibility
- royal prerogative powers
- Control of parliamentary timetable
- Parliamentary sovereignty, override with Acts of Parliament (Belmarsh case, Labour post 9/11)
Executive not too powerful
- Scrutiny work of SCs (see select committee essay)
- Increasing restrictions on prerogative powers (see prerogative powers essay)
- Increasing power of backbenchers (see backbenchers essay)
- Held accountable by people at election time
- Shift of power due to Brexit
