Both Mr Gove and Mr Clark were part of the Brexit
Cabinet committee which discussed the customs options.
A Treasury source confirmed to Newsnight tonight that the Star Chamber,
the Cabinet committee which adjudicates on public spending disputes, has now met at least once.
Not exact matches
These include holding open
Cabinet meetings at least once a month,
which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative
committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by
which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.
A new liaison
committee was established with members of the TUC General Council, the NEC, and the Labour Shadow
Cabinet,
which gave the unions direct access to policy making.
11 of the 47 elected Chairs were previously, or subsequently, members of the
Cabinet or shadow
Cabinet which suggests they may not be quite the maverick outsiders that some analyses of the select
committee system have suggested.
Cabinet committees and their
Cabinet Office secretariats enable ministers to formally discuss and agree on any issues with cross government implications (
which is practically any decision you can imagine).
But with agreement looking difficult to achieve he has raised the threat of the «star chamber», in
which resistant ministers would be dragged before a
committee of other
Cabinet ministers to explain themselves.
It is the first case of the deadly strain of bird flu,
which has killed more than 100 people worldwide, found in British birds, and it prompted a meeting of the
cabinet emergency
committee, Cobra, in Downing Street this morning.
Runswick goes further: «Unlock Democracy believes this conversation is long overdue and it is not something
which can be conducted behind the closed doors of a
Cabinet committee meeting.
In a significant concession to traditionalists,
which emerged less than 24 hours after Paddy Ashdown announced his planned resignation as Lib Dem leader, Mr Blair promised he would not launch any more initiatives to extend the remit of the Lib - Lab
cabinet committee without talking to senior MPs.
When this issue was being discussed in a select
committee during the last Parliament, Douglas Hogg, the former Tory
cabinet minister, said this convention relied for its efficacy upon «an accommodating nature on the part of the prime minister
which not all of us immediately recognise so far as the incumbent is concerned.»
Instead, it is proposed that the parliamentary
committee (
which includes 6 «backbenchers», 6 government representatives and the parliamentary party officers but, confusingly, is also the name currently given to the shadow
cabinet when in opposition) be established whether in opposition or in government.
However, the term used in the rule change was the «Parliamentary
Committee» of the Parliamentary Labour Party
which used to be the name by
which the shadow
cabinet was referred to in its standing orders.
To maintain unity, he has set up a
Cabinet committee on Europe
which will help craft the renegotiation.
With pull behind the scenes, as the Hill Times recently noted: «Nicholson is the vice-chair of the second most influential
Cabinet committee, Operations,
which is responsible for providing «day - to - day coordination of the government's agenda, including issues management, legislation and House planning, and communications.
Hadef & Partners explains the impact
which UAE
Cabinet Resolution No 3 of 2011, Concerning the Commercial Agency
Committee, has on the process of handling commercial agency disputes.
Major changes in immigration policy have historically been achieved through legislation and regulations,
which would normally involve public consultation, task forces, discussion papers,
committee hearings, and parliamentary debate, as well as consultation of regulations before approval by
Cabinet.
In terms of government arrangements, there are a number of key governmental bodies that have been formed at the federal level, the most recent of
which is the
Cabinet Committee on Indigenous affairs — previously known as the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs.