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The salaries and allowances of the ministers are decided by the:
Topic: Salaries of ministers
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(a) Parliament.
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The salaries and allowances of ministers are determined by PARLIAMENT by law, from time to time. This follows the basic principle of parliamentary democracy that the legislature controls the purse: the executive cannot fix its own pay. The same principle explains why the salaries of judges are charged on the Consolidated Fund and cannot be reduced — but there the aim is the opposite, to keep the judiciary INDEPENDENT of Parliament’s vote.
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Parliament.
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