The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011

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The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011
The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 removed the prerogative power of dissolution of Parliament, once more raising the question of whether the codification of conventions and royal prerogative powers leads to greater ministerial accountability. To begin with, ministerial accountability has been succinctly defined as “ministers’ obligations to explain their actions to Parliament,” but accountability can also, more broadly, be thought of as Parliamentary limitations on ministerial power, such as the need for Parliamentary approval before the taking of certain ministerial actions, or the re-routing of decision-making from the discretion of the minister to a fixed function of bureaucracy. With this broad...

.....ters who did not follow the code.
In conclusion, there are at least two ways in which the codification of conventions and royal prerogative powers leads to greater ministerial accountability. First, codification reduces the minister’s scope to exercise power unilaterally. If ministers cannot take a certain action in the first place, their accountability is automatically improved, as they have less power and thus less to answer for. Second, codification subjects ministerial decision-making to a higher standard of scrutiny and approval, also creates mechanisms for repealing or nullifying actions. Thus, for example, codification can promote accountability by (a) reducing, (b)
scrutinising
, and (c) challenging exercises of the minister’s power