Efficient Cabinet

Japanese: Efficient Cabinet（英語表記）EfficientCabinet

…During the Hanoverian dynasty, which began in 1714, the king was often absent from the country or avoided attending cabinet meetings to prevent secret cabinet information from being leaked to opposition politicians through the crown prince, so the practice of running the cabinet without the king's presence became established. In particular, in response to the need for a wide-ranging national policy integration during the Seven Years' War, the cabinet meetings had become inefficient due to the expansion of personnel, and a type of inner cabinet, the Efficient Cabinet, consisting of only a few powerful ministers, was formed. This completed the exclusion of high-ranking court officials from the cabinet, and the preparations for the development into a parliamentary cabinet system were almost complete. …

From [Inner Cabinet]

...It is difficult to legislate because of the conflict with the Cabinet Joint Responsibility System and the principle of equal advice from Ministers of State alone, but it can be used in peacetime in the form of a Cabinet Committee (Ministerial Conference) on specific issues. The modern British Cabinet system itself was established by directly inheriting the small number of efficient cabinets formed in the mid-18th century under wartime pressure during the Seven Years' War, within the Cabinet Council of about 20 members. Cabinet [Mizutani Mitsutaka]. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Efficient Cabinet" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…1714年に始まる大陸出身のハノーバー朝の時代には，国王が定期的に国内を留守にしたり，皇太子を通じて野党政治家に閣議機密の漏れるのを防ぐため臨席を避けたりしたため，国王の臨席なき内閣運営の慣行が定着する。特に七年戦争時の広範な国策統合の必要に応じて，人員膨張により非能率となった内閣会議の中に，少数有力閣僚のみからなるインナー･キャビネットの一種，実務内閣Efficient Cabinetが形成された。これによって宮廷高官の内閣からの排除が完成し，議院内閣制へ発展する準備がほぼ完了した。…

【インナー･キャビネット】より

…内閣連帯責任制や国務大臣単独平等輔弼（ほひつ）原則との兼合いで法制化されにくいが，特定問題に関する閣内委員会(閣僚会議)の形で平時にも生かされうる。なお現代イギリスの内閣制自体，20名程度の内閣会議cabinet councilの内部に，七年戦争に際して戦時圧力の下で18世紀中葉に形成された少数の実務内閣efficient cabinetを直接継承して成立した。内閣【水谷三公】。…

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