Cabinet of St Thomas
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The Cabinet of St Thomas is a formal body composed of senior government officials, appointed by the Prime Minister. Most membes of the cabinet are senior government ministers, the majority being heads of Government Departments with the title of Secretary of State. All formal members of the cabinet are drawn from either Chamber in Parliament.
Traditionaly the cabinet was the main decision making body of the executive with the Prime Minister as its chair. Over time however the cabinet has developed to a more consultative comittee where issues across government are discussed with the Prime Minister or individual ministers taking decisions. The cabinet is supported by the Cabinet Secretariat which is a department within the Office of the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister uses the Royal Perogative powers to appoint and dismiss members of the cabinet and the wider government, this means the formal approval of the sovereign is required for appointments to the cabinet. In practice the monarch's approval is merely a formality however there have been occassions when the monarch has refused to approve certain appointments.
[edit] Current Cabinet
- Prime Minister of St Thomas and Minister for the Civil Service: The Rt Hon Lord Oliver Richards
- Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Envoy to HM the King: The Rt Hon Dame Maureen Murphy
- Secretary of State for Finance, Chief Secretary of the Treasury and First Secretary of State: The Rt Hon Sir Richard Faraday
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: The Rt Hon Sir Robert Caithness
- Secretary of State for Home Affairs: The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Frost
- Secretary of State for Defence: The Rt Hon Sir Tim Dawson
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: The Rt Hon Benjamin Gruffud
- Secretary of State for Health: The Rt Hon Dame Allison Graham
- Secretary of State for Education and Skills: The Rt Hon William Buswell
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: The Rt Hon Jonathan Weatherly
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: The Rt Hon Elliot Mitchell
- Secretary of State for the Environment: The Rt Hon Mel Summerhouse
- Secretary of State for Kye: The Rt Hon Nicholas Wake
- Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Leader of the Council of Lords: The Rt Hon Viscount Peter Lonighue
- Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities: The Rt Hon Rory Kephlin-Jones
- Secretary of State for Transport: The Rt Hon Lord Zack Hubbard
- First Minister of the Treasury: The Rt Hon Lord Peter Vaughn
- Minister for the Prime Minister’s Office and Usher of the Crown in Ordinary: The Rt Hon Derek Maunders
- Party Chair and Minister Without Portfolio: The Rt Hon Baroness Barbara Carthurst
- Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Fisheries: The Rt Hon Lady Sophie Hall
