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3.2 ministerial responsibility - Coggle Diagram
3.2 ministerial responsibility
Cabinet legal responsibilities
Keep up to date with department on goings
Profressionally curious
Give reports
Be prepared for PMQs
EG
Lord carrington resigned in 1983 over disagreements with thatcher over falklands war
Priti Patel resigned in 2017 over unauthorised meetings with israeli government but did not resign over 2020 claims of bullying civil servants
Williamson did not get fired or resign over blaiming exam fiasco on ofqual because knew johnson would not fire him since used to be head whip
Rudd - resigned over spreading misinformation over windrush scandals because was not professionally aware enough
May 2012 - not fired over confusion over deadlines for appeals against Qatadar's deportation to Jordon.
Political ministerial responsibility
In charge of own conduct
Forced to resign if wrongdoings outside of parliament so not to do with their department
EG
Angela rayner
Underpayment of stamp duty resigned as Starmers deputy PM and ministerial role
Tulip sadiq
Resigned as corruption minister because of family ties to corruption in bangladesh
Cairns
2019 sec state for wales resigned over former aid's sabotaging rape trial
Green
2017 lied about porn images on his computer
Haques
Lied about phone fraud
Fallon
2017 allegations over innapropriate sexual behaviour
Collective ministerial responsibility
Concept that ministers should resign if do not agree with decision made by rest of the cabinet or the PM
Convention done to show stable public face to general population
Decaying in recent years