Government Act 2024

1     The Majesty’s Government

1. The executive branch of the United Kingdom shall be The Majesty’s Government, which shall be made up of all ministerial departments and their Ministers of the Crown, collectively known as the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
2. The Majesty’s Government shall be led by the Prime Minister and deputy-led by the Deputy Prime Minister.
3. The Majesty’s Government shall be responsible for—
   1. the overall management of the United Kingdom;
   2. overseeing different aspects of the United Kingdom’s operation;
   3. anything else as determined by the Prime Minister or legislation;

2     The Cabinet Office

1. There shall be a Cabinet Office containing—
   1. the Prime Minister (1iC);
   2. the Deputy Prime Minister (2iC);
   3. the First Secretary of State (3iC);
   4. the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office (4iC);
   5. the Leader of the House of Commons (5iC), who shall count as a PUSoS;
   6. the Leader of the House of Lords (5iC), who shall count as a PUSoS;
2. The Cabinet Office shall be responsible for—
   1. the overall leadership of the United Kingdom;
   2. the overall leadership of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom;
   3. assisting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom;
   4. anything else as determined by the Prime Minister or legislation;
3. The Cabinet Office, and its members, shall for purposes of law be considered the branch leadership of The Majesty’s Government, and the First Secretary of State shall be considered the branch leader.

3     Ministerial Departments and Ministers of the Crown

1. The following entities shall be defined as ministerial departments:
   1. The Cabinet Office;
   2. The Majesty’s Treasury;
   3. The Foreign Office;
   4. The Home Office;
   5. The Ministry of Defence;
   6. The Ministry of Justice;
   7. The Department for Culture;
   8. The Department for Technology;
2. Ministers of the Crown shall be members of The Majesty’s Government, and there shall be the following tiers in order of seniority:
   1. Secretary of State
   2. Minister of State
   3. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
3. Ministers of the Crown shall be appointed by the Prime Minister, who may also demote, promote and dismiss them.
4. Ministers of the Crown shall each be assigned duties by the Prime Minister and by statute law.
5. Ministers of the Crown shall either be a Member of Parliament or a Lord Temporal, except for the Prime Minister, who must be a member of parliament.
6. Ministers of the Crown must be a member of a ministerial department, and each ministerial department shall contain—
   1. one (1) Secretary of State, who shall be its leader;
   2. up to one (1) Minister of State, who shall be its deputy leader;
      1. If a ministerial department contains more than one (1) Minister of State, the deputy-leader shall be the Minister of State position whose title corresponds with that of the Secretary of State of the ministerial department or the one designated by the Prime Minister.
      2. If a ministerial department contains more than one (1) Minister of State, the positions must have different titles.
   3. up to three (3) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, who may be members of one (1) or more ministerial departments;
      1. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State positions shall be styled as “Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for [area])” and must have a distinctive title if there are more in a ministerial department, and they may be addressed as “Minister for [area]”, and “[area]” shall be replaced with a word or phrase which suits the portfolio of the rank, but this shall not apply if the position is given a special name.
7. The Secretary of State of a ministerial department may involve and recruit additional members from the employees of the United Kingdom, in a manner of their choosing.
8. There shall be a Ministerial Code, which shall be a set of guidelines of expectations for Ministers of the Crown in regards to their conduct, which they should aim to follow.
   1. The Ministerial Code shall be created, and may be amended, by the Cabinet Office with a simple-majority vote.
   2. If a Minister of the Crown breaches the Ministerial Code, the Prime Minister must outline what action, if any, was or was not taken and the reasons for this.

4     Cabinet Committees

1. Cabinet committees, composed of members of the Cabinet or other employees of the United Kingdom, which shall have different responsibilities and portfolios may be established by law, either by primary legislation or by the Prime Minister via regulations.

5     The Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition

1. There shall be an official opposition to The Majesty’s Government, which shall be collectively known as The Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition.
2. The Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition shall contain—
   1. the Leader of the Opposition (5iC), who shall lead the opposition and whose portfolio shall be the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Office;
   2. a Shadow Secretary of State (6iC), who shall deputy-lead the opposition and be appointed by the Leader of the Opposition and whose portfolio, matching that of a Minister of the Crown, shall be determined by the Leader of the Opposition;
   3. up to two (2) Shadow Secretaries of State (7iC), who shall be appointed by the Leader of the Opposition and whose portfolio, matching that of a Minister of the Crown, shall be determined by the Leader of the Opposition;
   4. any other backbencher member of parliament or backbencher Lords Temporal who are appointed by the Leader of the Opposition;
3. Notwithstanding Section 4(4) of the Parliament Act 2024, Shadow Secretaries of State shall ex officio be the Chair of the parliamentary committee matching their assigned portfolio, and Shadow Secretaries of State may not have the same portfolio.
4. Members of The Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition shall either be a Member of Parliament or a Lord Temporal (except for the Leader of the Opposition, who must be a member of parliament).
5. The Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition shall be responsible for—
   1. scrutinizing government policies;
   2. scrutinizing the ministers of the crown in their capacities as minister of the crown and their work within their ministerial department;
   3. organizing Prime Minister’s Questions and Questions for Ministers of the Crown;
   4. any other responsibilities and duties as assigned by the Leader of the Opposition, the Speaker of the House of Commons (for members in the House of Commons), the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords (for members in the House of Lords) or by law;
6. The Leader of the Opposition shall have the power to appoint any member of The Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition, and may dismiss them if they fail to adequately perform their duties.

6     The Majesty’s Privy Council

1. The Majesty’s Privy Council shall be an honorary body composed of members appointed as Great Officers of the State by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as well as previous Great Officers of the State, who shall individually be known as “Privy Councillors”.
2. The Great Officers of State shall be the following, ranked in order of seniority:
   1. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   2. The Lord High Chancellor
   3. The Lord President of the Council
   4. The Lord Privy Seal
   5. The Lord Great Chamberlain
   6. The Lord High Constable
3. The Great Officers of State may be assigned duties by the Prime Minister or the Head of State.
4. The Prime Minister may promote or demote Privy Councillors as Great Officers of State, and may also strip Privy Councillors of their Great Officer of State title, in which case they will remain a regular Privy Councillor with the honours granted, or the Prime Minister may completely remove members from the Privy Council.

7     Amendments

1. The Prime Minister may by order amend sections 1 (except for their own and the Deputy Prime Minister's iC-designation), 2 and 3(1) of this Act.