Collective Cabinet Responsibility

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:India gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:business_executive gptkb:Westminster_system parliamentary systems junior ministers cabinet ministers coalition governments government spokespeople
gptkbp:canBeSuspendedIn	coalition agreements
gptkbp:canBeWaivedBy	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:contrastsWith	gptkb:individual_ministerial_responsibility
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:Cabinet gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:guarantees	unity of government policy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Collective Cabinet Responsibility
gptkbp:meaning	all cabinet members must publicly support government decisions cabinet decisions are binding on all ministers ministers must resign if they cannot support cabinet decisions
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:constitutional_law parliamentary democracy government accountability Westminster conventions
gptkbp:purpose	present a united front to parliament and the public
gptkbp:relatedTo	confidence of the legislature
gptkbp:waiverExample	free votes on certain issues
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Policy_Making_in_Britain
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8