EU laws are agreed by two institutions: the council of ministers, comprising ministers from 28 EU governments and the European parliament.
The decision is believed to have been taken after urgent discussions between the so-called Quad group of ministers, comprising Cameron, George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the treasury.
The office of the minister comprises about 15 people, and only two or three of them are academics.
Of the 93 ministers who comprise the government, only 14 are members of the Lords, and all but two of them are junior ministers who do not attend cabinet, and only intermittently cabinet committees.
Executive power is exercised by Her Majesty's Government, which comprises Ministers, primarily the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, which is technically a committee of the Privy Council.
Mr. Brahimi suggested that some of the Governing Council's 25 members could be appointed to other government jobs, and that the transitional government might be formed from scratch, "led by a prime minister and comprising Iraqi men and women known for their honesty, integrity and competence".
Indeed, the delegation, led by India's home minister and comprising members of Parliament from major political parties, got a firsthand look at the suffocating government curfew that has choked the entire region since the latest cycle of protests and police shootings broke out more than a week ago.
The Council of the European Union (also known as the Council of Ministers): comprises government ministers from all 28 nations and together with the parliament forms the main decision-making body of the EU.
The COP is the highest body of the UNFCCC and comprises environment ministers from 193 countries who have met once a year since the 1992 Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The governor presides over the Executive Council, which comprises a chief minister, other ministers, and ex officio members.
Goran Svilanovic, foreign minister of Yugoslavia (which comprises both Serbia and tiny, disaffected Montenegro), laments that the government has been unable to tackle reform because it has been "overwhelmed" by unexpected problems.
