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PM and Cabinet 1a) Define the terms 'collective responsibility' and 'individual ministerial responsibility'. 1b) Explain why these concepts are important. 2a) Describe the main powers of the Prime Minister. 2b) Choose any 2 of these powers and explain why they are important. 1a) 'Collective responsibility' and 'individual ministerial responsibility' are terms applied to members of the Cabinet. This is the British executive, the group of ministers responsible for implementing government policy. 'Collective responsibility' is a convention, entailing the fact that all Cabinet ministers share responsibility for any decisions made by the Cabinet. Therefore, even if they are not in personal agreement, as a group of ministers, they have to show unanimous support. For example, with the current war on Iraq, Clare Short, the International Development minister, publicly declared her personal views against the war, but to remain a member of the Cabinet, she had to accept the decision and therefore is responsible along with the...

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