What are the powers of the executive?
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- What are the powers of the executive?
- Prerogative powers
- These are powers exercise by the ministers that do not require parliamentary approval.
- Most prerogative powers are exerise by ministers acting on behalf of the crown. These include
- Making an ratifying treaties
- International diplomacy, including recognition and relations with other states.
- deployment of the armed forces overseas
- The prime ministers patronage powers and ability to recommend the dissolution of parliament.
- The organisation of the civil service
- the granting of pardons
- Control of the legislative agenda
- This is the control of the government to plan what the houses of commons are going to cover.
- Powers of secondary legislation
- Secondary legislation is legislation that can be brought into force or amended by ministers without requiring a further act.
- Prerogative powers
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