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Part 1 Choosing a Prime Minister: general election; resignation throughillness or old age; voluntary retirement; emergency coalition; loss ofthe party leadership. Part 2 Government formation from a HungParliament: the political negotiations; the Queen; a caretakergovernment; the second dissolution. Part 3 The transfer of power: thePrime Minister takes office; matters legal, conventional and political;the Cabinet chooses itself; the sovereign's influence; ministers takeoffice. Part 4 The Prime Minister: the electorate's choice; power overministers; the highest profile, patronage, dissolution; the directionof departments; a Prime Minister's weaknesses. Part 5 The Cabinet:Cabinet business, committees and ministerial meetings; confidentialityof proceedings and papers. Part 6 Ministers and departments:ministerial titles; departments; the use of non-departmental ministers;ministers' conduct, pay and conditions. Part 7 Constitutional monarchy:the Queen's usual powers and reserve powers; continuity and succession.Part 8 The House of Commons: elections, members and parties; theCommons and the government; members' influence on the government;reform of the Commons. Part 9 The House of Lords: acquiring and losingmembership; organization in the House; the work of the Lords; Lords andgovernment in conflict. Part 10 The constitutional position of thejudges: appointment, pay and promotion; judges and Parliament;extra-judicial activities; tenure, discipline and removal; reform.Appendices: A - senior minsters since 1945; B - the party leadershipelection rules; C - the formal resignation and appointment of ministers- a memorandum by the Clerk of the Privy Council; D - changes inministerial titles and government departments since 1900.