a system where the government is answerable to elected representatives of hte peolel in Parliament for its actions, especially a system where the executive government (Cabinet) is drawn from within th [..]

When government evolved from an independent authoritative monarch in conjunction with a people’s parliament to a subservient monarch together with a prime minister and parliament, it was said that government (the executive in the form of the prime minister and cabinet) became responsible to parliament. Now taken to be synonymous with parliamentary [..]

a system where the government is answerable to elected representatives of the people for its actions, especially a system where the ministry is drawn from within the Parliament from members of the par [..]

A form of government in which the political executive must retain the confidence of a majority of the elected legislature or assembly, and it must resign or call an election if and when it is defeated [..]

The system in which the Government is accountable to the House of Representatives and must have the support of the majority of the members of the House. Accountability includes question time, a select [..]

A system of government in which members of the executive (that is, Cabinet ministers) are responsible to the elected members of the legislature, who are in turn responsible to the people.

Responsible government, in a parliamentary system of government, is the convention that governments, made up of elected members of the parliament, are responsible to the parliament for their actions.

A system of government in which members of the executive (that is, Cabinet ministers) are responsible to the elected members of the legislature, who are in turn responsible to the people. [EC]

  The term responsible government is often used to describe the relationship between the government—the prime minister or premier and other ministers—and the legislature in British style parliamentary systems.  It refers to the fact that the political executive—the prime minister or premier and ministers—are chosen from, and accountable to, an elec [..]

The principle that Ministers are collectively responsible to the House for the actions of the government. Distinguish: Cabinet solidarity; ministerial responsibility

The constitutional arrangement in which the executive government consisted of elected members of the House of Assembly, usually belonging to the majority political party. The government had to maintai [..]

Responsible government is a feature of Westminster political systems. It requires the executive government and its ministers to be accountable to the representatives of the people (the parliament).