Talk:Cabinet collective responsibility

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[edit] do other countries apart from the UK have this convention

For people that known about other Westminister system governments like Canada and Australia: do other countries apart from the UK have this convention? If so, please say so on this page and this article can be updated appropriately. Deus Ex 22:14, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The practice is certainly used in Canada and I'm pretty sure it is present in other Westminster system countries. I have thus changed the article to make it more general. - SimonP 22:47, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Australia does use this convention. -Brisbane

Traditionally New Zealand has the convention too, although it is has been watered down quite a bit post-MMP by the demands of coalition government. Ben Arnold 01:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Smoking

I don't have the reference to hand but there was public dissent from collective responsibility over the smoking ban in clubs in England before the UK Parliament voted in favour. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)