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Cabinet Committees Quiz 1 (21 MCQs)

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1. Who is the Home Affairs minister?
2. Who is the Finance minister?
3. A strong convention that all members of the government, especially cabinet ministers, must defend all government policies in public even if they disagree in private. This maintains cabinet unity and underpins cabinet control by the prime minister.
4. This includes detailed laws and regulations passed by ministers under powers granted to them by primary legislation. Most of them don't concern Parliament, though Parliament reserves the right to debate and vote on such legislation if it is controversial.
5. Who is the Defense minister?
6. This describes a situation where, after a general election, no one party has an overall majority of the seats in the House of Commons. It means either a minority government or a coalition must be formed.
7. A type of government, rare in the UK but common in the rest of Europe, where two or more parties share government posts and come to agreement on common policies. Coalitions occur when no single party can command a majority in the legislature.
8. A term used to describe a situation where the main decision making of government takes place in cabinet. In modern history this is not normally the case. Its main alternative is the expression 'prime ministerial government'.
9. Someone employed by a government department. The most of these are involved with presenting political decision makers with information, viable options and neutral advice. They are not politicians as they are not elected and not accountable, and so cannot be involved in party politics, but they do have influence. They are permanent and are expected to serve ministers of any party equally faithfully.
10. A key source of power. It means the power to appoint and dismiss ministers, officials and holders of public office. It grants power because those appointed, or hoping to be appointed, owe loyalty to the dispenser of patronage. The UK prime minister considerable amount of power because of this, especially over their own party's MPs.
11. Who is the Women and Child Development minister?
12. A small, permanent group of senior ministers surrounding the prime minister who determine policy outside the main cabinet.
13. The arbitrary powers of the monarch now exercised on her behalf by the prime minister of the day. The UK Parliament exercises no control over these powers.
14. This refers to authority which is considered legitimate because it has existed for a long historical period. The authority of the UK prime minister is traditional because he or she inherits the traditional authority of the monarchy.
15. Who is the External Affairs minister?
16. This occurs when a prime minister changes the make-up of their government. A major version is when a number of cabinet members are dismissed, appointed or have their jobs changed.
17. The name given to the central part of government, the centre of power where key decisions are made. It is made up of a mixture of elected ministers and appointed advisers or civil servants.
18. Who is the Consumer Affairs and Food minister?
19. The work of government is divided among a number of these. In 2017 there were 19 of them. Each is headed by a senior, normally cabinet, minister. They are subdivided into sections, each headed by a junior minister, normally known as ministers of state. They are staffed by a bureaucracy of civil servants and some other political advisers.
20. A small committee of cabinet ministers who formulate proposals for government policy in various areas and present the proposals to the whole cabinet for approval.
21. A style of governing, attributed to Tony Blair, but common to other prime ministers such as Gordon Brown. It refers to the practice of conducting informal meetings with colleagues outside cabinet, often with private advisers in attendance, so as to control policy making.

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