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EXECUTIVE

the collective group of Prime Minister, Cabinet, and junior ministers, sometimes known as 'The Government'

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CABINET

PM and senior minister who lead a government department

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MINISTER

a MP or member of the HOL appointed for a position to exercise specific responsibilities in a department

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GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT

A part of the executive, usually with specific responsibility over an area such as education, health or defence.

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ROYAL PREROGATIVE

A set of powers and privileges belonging to the monarch but normally exercised by the Prime Minister or Cabinet, such as granting legal pardons or the power to declare war

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SECONDARY LEGISLATION

Powers given to the Executive by Parliament to make changes to the law within certain specific rules to modernise them.

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INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY (IMR)

Ministers are responsible for for their own actions and departments

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COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY

ministers must support Cabinet decisions or leave the Executive

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PRESIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT

An Executive dominated by one individual such as a PM or President