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Closed Require government ministers to be experts in their area of responsibility.

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It is important that decisions affecting the UK are made by experts. Introduce a prerequisite requirement that ministers must be able to demonstrate expertise in relation to their allocated area, based on specialist expert qualifications or equivalent experience working in a directly related job.

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