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Note: Comparisons include Germany 356,854 sq kms and France 550,000 sq
kms. The total area of the European Union is 4,324,782 sq kms, the
United States 9,826,630 sq kms and China is 9,640,821 sq kms.
GOVERNMENT
The executive government
of the United Kingdom is vested nominally in the Crown, but for
practical purposes in a committee of Ministers that is known as the
Cabinet.
The head of the Ministry and leader of the Cabinet is the Prime Minister
and for the implementation of policy, the Cabinet is dependent upon the
support of a majority of the Members of Parliament in the House of
Commons.
Within the Cabinet, defence matters are the responsibility of the
Secretary of State for Defence. The Secretary of State for Defence has
three principal deputies; the Minister for the Armed Forces; Minister
for Defence Equipment and Support and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State for Defence and Minister for Veteran’s Affairs.
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