PM and Executive - Key Terminology

Section 3: PM and Executive 

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Executive/ government
Collective group of the PM, Cabinet and Junior ministers
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Cabinet
PM and senior ministers who lead a government department
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Minister
MP or member of the House of Lords appointed to a position
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Government department
A part of the executive with a specific responsibility over an area, education, health etc.
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Royal prerogative
Powers or privileges belonging to the monarch but usually exercised by the PM or Cabinet
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Secondary legislation
Powers given to the executive by parliament to make changes to the law with certain specific rules
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Individual responsibility
Ministers are responsible for their own personal conduct and for their departments
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Collective responsibility
Principles by which ministers must support cabinet decisions or leave the executive
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Presidential government
An executive dominated by one individual, may be a president but can also be a dominant PM
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Prime minister
The leader of the largest party in the House of Commons
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Patronage
The power to hire or fire members of cabinet
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Parliamentary private secretaries
Unpaid assistants to ministers
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Parliamentary undersecretary
Is not in cabinet and las the lowest position in the ministerial hierarchy
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PM and senior ministers who lead a government department

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Cabinet

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MP or member of the House of Lords appointed to a position

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A part of the executive with a specific responsibility over an area, education, health etc.

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Powers or privileges belonging to the monarch but usually exercised by the PM or Cabinet

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