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Hello , can anyone help.

How has collective responsibility declined and what are the reasons for this, does anyone have any ideas on what to talk about .

Thanks very much
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Reply 1

pedy1986

Collective Responsibility
• Convention – not legally binding
• Most important for cabinet, but is for all government members (John Denham over Iraq)
• All members of the government are collectively responsible for successes or failures
• Share responsibility of decisions even if they had no part in them
• They must refrain from criticising the government public ally
• If a minister cannot do they – resign
• Unity
• Cabinet should all resign if defeated on a motion of no confidence
• Collective responsibility not collective decision making
• Robin Cook and Clare Short.

Threats to Collective Resposiblity

• Clare Short – no immediate resignation
• People may resign for other reasons (leadership challenge etc.)
• Doctrine was suspended by Wilson (EEC)
• Coalition Government (if PR)
• ‘Off the record leaks etc.’