Abstract
Her Majesty’s government comprises a body of ministers appointed by the crown on the advice of the prime minister. At the apex are the prime minister and those senior ministers appointed to head government departments (or to hold some historic office such as the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster); below them are ministers of state, parliamentary under-secretaries of state and parliamentary secretaries. The former category comprises ministers of the crown, the latter category junior ministers (Brazier 1997: 27-30). This chapter addresses the role in government of ministers of the crown. The focus is on ministers as ministers, rather than as a body drawn together in the Cabinet.1
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