Public Law (LL106) - Ministerial Responsibility
Contents
1. What is legitimacy?
2. Basic facts about ministers
3. Upholding ministerial responsibility
3.1. Departmental Select Committees
3.2. Parliamentary Questions
3.3. Political Pressure
4. Practical difficulties with holding Parliament to account
5. The Prime Minister
5.1. Legal functions
5.2. Constitutional functions
6. The Civil Service
6.1. Basic information about the Civil Service
6.2. Constitutional position
7. How is Ministerial Responsibility enforced?
7.1. Individual responsibility
7.1.1. Is the concept of individual ministerial responsibility outdated?
7.1.2. For
7.1.3. Against
7.1.4. Conclusion
7.1.5. Side Notes
7.2. Collective responsibility
7.2.1. Definition
7.2.2. Reasons behind the convention
7.2.3. Does collective ministerial responsibility exist?
7.2.4. Yes
7.2.5. No
Contents
1. What is legitimacy?
2. Basic facts about ministers
3. Upholding ministerial responsibility
3.1. Departmental Select Committees
3.2. Parliamentary Questions
3.3. Political Pressure
4. Practical difficulties with holding Parliament to account
5. The Prime Minister
5.1. Legal functions
5.2. Constitutional functions
6. The Civil Service
6.1. Basic information about the Civil Service
6.2. Constitutional position
7. How is Ministerial Responsibility enforced?
7.1. Individual responsibility
7.1.1. Is the concept of individual ministerial responsibility outdated?
7.1.2. For
7.1.3. Against
7.1.4. Conclusion
7.1.5. Side Notes
7.2. Collective responsibility
7.2.1. Definition
7.2.2. Reasons behind the convention
7.2.3. Does collective ministerial responsibility exist?
7.2.4. Yes
7.2.5. No
