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The executive's most important role is proposing the budget' - how far do you agree? - Proposing budget most important - How government will utilise our money, makes largest difference - Reflection of priorities Proposing budget not most important - Proposing legislation is, leading to major c...

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Essay plans 3. The P.M and the
Executive RATED A+
The executive's most important role is proposing the budget' - how far do you agree? - ✔✔✔Proposing
budget most important



- How government will utilise our money, makes largest difference

- Reflection of priorities



Proposing budget not most important



- Proposing legislation is, leading to major changes

- Making policy decisions is, changing future direction of country



Royal prerogative powers the executive currently possesses should be abolished' - how far do you
agree? - ✔✔✔Powers historically held by Crown but transferred to PM/other ministers



Should be abolished



- Grant legal pardons

- Award honours

- Declare war and authorise use of armed forces

- Take action to maintain order in case of emergency

- Others already have been effectively (FTPA)



Should not be abolished

, - Grant legal pardons

- Award honours

- Declare war and authorise use of armed forces

- Take action to maintain order in case of emergency

- FTPA can be overridden



Evaluate the view that the executive is too powerful in current UK politics - ✔✔✔Executive too
powerful



- Parliamentary majority enables introduction of far-reaching, even irreversible legislation

- use of secondary legislation and guillotine

- patronage/whip powers + collective ministerial responsibility

- royal prerogative powers

- Control of parliamentary timetable

- Parliamentary sovereignty, override with Acts of Parliament (Belmarsh case, Labour post 9/11)



Executive not too powerful



- Scrutiny work of SCs (see select committee essay)

- Increasing restrictions on prerogative powers (see prerogative powers essay)

- Increasing power of backbenchers (see backbenchers essay)

- Held accountable by people at election time

- Shift of power due to Brexit

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