Example sentences of "[be] answerable to parliament " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , constitutionally , ministers are answerable to Parliament for the conduct of their Departments . |
| 2 | Ministers may choose to delegate the carrying out of particular tasks to their subordinates , especially their permanent secretaries but , because they are answerable to Parliament , they will need to satisfy themselves that the delegated tasks are being performed satisfactorily . |
| 3 | They too are appointed by the Crown to hold office in the department , they have the same advice and assistance from departmental officials as the Secretary of State would have , and they too are answerable to Parliament . |
| 4 | Ministers are responsible to Parliament through the convention of individual ministerial responsibility which assigns to them control of their departments , for which they are answerable to Parliament . |
| 5 | If a school is under-performing , the commission , which will be answerable to Parliament , will have the powers to ensure that it is brought up to standard . |
| 6 | Local authorities will regain the right to prosecute water companies who produce sub-standard drinking water and water quality will come under the aegis of the new Food Standards Agency — an organisation which will be answerable to parliament . |
| 7 | But the Home Secretary has a wider view , and he is answerable to Parliament and public opinion . |
| 8 | He is answerable to Parliament , and to Parliament alone . |
| 9 | Departments are now obliged to review from time to time the bodies they sponsor , and have received instructions that — whatever the precise degree of independence — the minister is answerable to Parliament for whether the body is working efficiently and economically . |
| 10 | He told them that he was answerable to Parliament alone when he made decisions and that it was his duty to take into account the wider interests of the public . |