PPAS 3190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Treasury Board, Treasury Board Secretariat, United Kingdom Cabinet Committee

• School: York University
• Department: Public Policy and Administration Studies
• Course: PPAS 3190
• Professor: Sirvan Karimi

Document Summary

Week 7: the executive: government and public service. The executive branch: political executive and bureaucratic executive: Judicial branch is separate, legislative and executive are integrated. Bna act of 1867: when the power of the queen is entrenched in the constitution, sec. 15: the queen is the commander and chief of the armed forces, Letters patent: document that establishes official power of the queen to the attorney general, transfers authority of the queen to this office, government general appoints the judges, based on the cabinets information. Collective cabinet responsibility the cabinet as a whole is responsible, whenever the government is voted out of power, the entire cabinet must resign, ---- cabinet secrecy: means that whatever secrecy, is discussed in the cabinet meetings, should not be released to the public by any minister, in respect to the cabinet, is the one who is first, is the prime minister,