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Difference between ministers of Parliament and members of Parliament?
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A member of parliament (MP) is someone who has been elected to sit in Parliament.
A minister is an MP with some executive power. All ministers are in charge of a department of the government. Together they make up the Cabinet, which the Prime Minister is in charge of.
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