(b) Conventions relating to the Executive.
(i) The monarch must act in accordance with the advice provided by her ministers.
(ii) The monarch must not exercise her legal right to refuse to give 'Royal Assent' to bills passed through Parliament.
(iii) The monarch should appoint the leader of the political party who is able to command the confidence of the House of Commons as Prime Minister;
(iv) The Prime Minister chooses the Cabinet.
(v) The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer must be members of the House of Commons;
(vi) The doctrines of collective and individual ministerial responsibility. These will be discussed in more detail in Chapter 3.
(vii) After a vote of no confidence, the government should resign and advise dissolution of Parliament (leading to a general election). (Note that this remains the case under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, s 2.)
(viii) The monarch must be asked for Royal Consent before bills affecting the personal interests of the monarchy (including those of the Prince of Wales) are introduced to Parliament. (This was the subject of a contested Freedom of Information request for details about the official guidance on this practice in August 2012.)