What are the powers of the Exec?

Set of powers exercised by ministers/monarch that don’t require parliamentary approval.
Most PPs are exercised by ministers on behalf of crown e.g. ratifying treaties, deploying AFs overseas and PM’s patronage powers – apt imp positions and rec dissolution of parliament – no longer because of FTPA (2011).
Some PPs have become clarified – it has become convention that parliament votes on deployments of AF overseas – voted against airstrikes on Syria in 2013 (but app in 2015).

Proposed bills and controls legislative timetable.
Most gov bills are app by parliament and become law – e.g. Johnson passed the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act in 2020.
PMBs that lack gov support are unlikely to succeed as exec can use ‘guillotine motions’ to limit debate on certain bills as Cameron did in 2011 on AV system.

Form of leg that allows provisions of an Act of Parliament to be brought into force/amended without requiring a further act (more primary leg).
Ministers able to do this through statutory instruments (SI).
Around 3,500 SIs are issued per year.
They’re scrutinised by parliamentary committees, but most are not debated and rarely rejected.