Re: Motions of confidence
- From: David Boothroyd <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:47:50 +0100
In article <gN6dndCga-jkEwjZRVnyjg@xxxxxx>,
"Graham Truesdale" <graham.truesdale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can the UK Commons use this to remove an individual
minister, as opposed to the Government as a whole?
Or is this privilege reserved to the Fourth Estate?
In effect, yes, the Commons can vote 'no confidence' in an individual
Minister. However, it's not done through a motion of no confidence
(traditionally) but by a motion to reduce the Minister's salary.
The last such motion unequivocally passed was in 1895 on Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary of State for War, and resulted in the
resignation of the government.
A moment of confusion in 1975 resulted in the passing of a similar
motion on the Industry Secretary but it was reversed.
The Labour opposition attempted to pass such a motion on the Minister
of Agriculture over the BSE crisis in early 1997 but did not quite
get the votes.
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