Ministerial Responsibilities

EDM number 2463 in 2010-12, proposed by John Mann on 22/11/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Members of Parliament and Ministers.

That this House believes Ministers who cannot control their Departments should not run Government Departments; further believes that Ministers have ultimate responsibility for their Departments and should not seek scapegoats from the Civil Service; notes that there is a long tradition of Ministers who fail doing the honourable thing and stepping down; and calls on all the Ministers who fail in this Government to be honourable and step down.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.