The Executive Branch Of Government

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Executive is a branch of government who is elected by the public every five years to run the country General Elections. The role of executive is deciding how the country is run and managed day-to-day. They are responsible for deciding what to spend money, setting taxes and how to deliver public services. They have power over few organisation of government departments or relationship between ministers, civil servants and Parliament. They review important matters governed by conventions. Executive in Britain is very powerful as it provides stability and efficiency in the operation of the government which allows the executive to have much more freedom of action. Former Lord Chancellor Lord Hailsham has stated that he thinks that executive in Britain …show more content…

Cabinet proceedings are confidential; however, they have no legal power and they need make sure they follow cabinet collective responsibility. In Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Public Administration Select Committee examined the role and responsibilities of ministers to see if there was area for reductions. Ministers are expected to vote with the executive government or resign their position, about 20% of MPs are on payroll vote if this number carries on like this at the same time as the MPs are cut, it could increase the payroll vote which would make the Executive more powerful than the Parliament. Executive has almost complete control over the agenda of the legislature which shows us that the executive is more powerful because they could even decide on when Parliament could do their tasks. However, in 2010 House of Commons have introduced The Backbench Business Committee which allowed the Parliament to have more operational independence from the executive. However, Wright Committee have said that The Backbench Business Committee was set up to give MPs more control and ownership of the Parliamentary agenda, which would make the debates more public and strengthen scrutiny role of Select …show more content…

The Government is not allowed to make new laws or raise the taxes without Parliaments approval. The Parliament is made up of two houses which are; House of Commons: where all people that have been elected as MPs and House of Lords: where people who have been appointed for life because of their achievement or experience. The role of the Parliament is to inspect Governments plans closely and to observe the way the things are running. Main aim of the Parliament is to try to make sure that the Governments decisions

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