Ministers and the Civil Service Read and précis chapter 8 of ‘The Essentials of UK Politics’ by Andrew Heywood.

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Ministers and the Civil Service Read and précis chapter 8 of ‘The Essentials of UK Politics’ by Andrew Heywood.

Ground Rules Raise your hand before you speak No food/drink Turn off mobiles

Ministers What is the difference between a Cabinet minister and minister of state? The responsibilities of a minister are: – Policy leadership – Representing departmental interests – Departmental management – Relations with Parliament

Ministers Ministers still have the same demands on them like other MPs, but these will be heavier due to the seniority Ministers holds. What could these demands be?

Individual Ministerial Responsibility When should a minister resign? – Mistakes made within departments. This hasn’t happened for a while…can you think of when a minister should have resigned for this reason? – Policy failure. Also increasingly rare…what is the difference between this reason and the above one? Example?

Individual Ministerial Responsibility – Political Pressure This reason is much more common. Comes from sustained pressure from party/Parliament/media. Why did Stephen Byers go? – Personal Misconduct. Sleaze? Who can you think of? – Collective Responsibility. Also rare but occurred recently re: Iraq.

Individual Ministerial Responsibility When should a minister resign? Can/should a minister be responsible for all the goes on in his/her department? Using articles provided consider different case studies and whether the minister should have resigned.

Civil Servants The staff that work in the departments of government. There are about 500,000 civil servants (UK’s largest employer) but about 3,500 senior civil servants. There are also special advisors to ministers. Are these the same as civil servants? They give policy/communications advice.

Civil Servant Characteristics Supposedly the civil service are 1. Anonymous 2. Permanent 3. Politically Neutral Are they really neutral? Both the political left and the political right have accused them of bias. Information control/expertise/experience

Break into Pressure Groups Discuss and then explain to class: (1) The role of civil servants and the activities they undertake. (2) Who has most influence in decision/policy making senior civil servants or ministers? (3) The logic behind the Thatcher/ Blair reforms.

Role of Senior Civil Servants -Policy advice eg what is practical/affordable etc. Less so since introduction of special advisors – Policy consultation expected to liaise with relevant interest groups eg businesses, TUs etc – Policy implementation drawing up legislation – Departmental administration day-to-day running of department Does this give the civil service a lot of power?

Yes, Minister (episode: Big Brother) Watch the episode and answer the questions on the separate document. How has this situation changed?