– in the Senedd at 6:38 pm on 22 November 2016.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:38,
22 November 2016
I thank the Cabinet Secretary. The next item on our agenda is the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, and I call on the Cabinet Secretary to move the motion. Lesley Griffiths.
Lesley Griffiths
Labour
6:39,
22 November 2016
Formally move.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
I have no speakers under this item. Therefore, the proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? As there are no objections, the motion is agreed with accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Elin Jones
Plaid Cymru
6:39,
22 November 2016
And that brings today’s proceedings to a close.
The cabinet is the group of twenty or so (and no more than 22) senior government ministers who are responsible for running the departments of state and deciding government policy.
It is chaired by the prime minister.
The cabinet is bound by collective responsibility, which means that all its members must abide by and defend the decisions it takes, despite any private doubts that they might have.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the prime minister and chosen from MPs or peers of the governing party.
However, during periods of national emergency, or when no single party gains a large enough majority to govern alone, coalition governments have been formed with cabinets containing members from more than one political party.
War cabinets have sometimes been formed with a much smaller membership than the full cabinet.
From time to time the prime minister will reorganise the cabinet in order to bring in new members, or to move existing members around. This reorganisation is known as a cabinet re-shuffle.
The cabinet normally meets once a week in the cabinet room at Downing Street.
