<P> In multi-party systems, the formation of a government may require the support of multiple parties . Thus, a coalition government is formed . Continued cooperation between the participating political parties is necessary for the cabinet to retain the confidence of the parliament . For this, a government platform is negotiated, in order for the participating parties to toe the line and support their cabinet . However, this is not always successful: individual parties or members of parliament can still vote against the government, and the cabinet can break up from internal disagreement or be dismissed by a motion of no confidence . </P> <P> The size of cabinets varies, although most contain around ten to twenty ministers . Researchers have found an inverse correlation between a country's level of development and cabinet size: on average, the more developed a country is, the smaller is its cabinet . </P> <P> In the United Kingdom and its colonies, cabinets began as smaller sub-groups of the English Privy Council . The term comes from the name for a relatively small and private room used as a study or retreat . Phrases such as "cabinet counsel," meaning advice given in private to the monarch, occur from the late 16th century, and, given the non-standardized spelling of the day, it is often hard to distinguish whether "council" or "counsel" is meant . </P> <P> The Oxford English Dictionary credits Francis Bacon in his Essays (1605) with the first use of "Cabinet council", where it is described as a foreign habit, of which he disapproves: "For which inconveniences, the doctrine of Italy, and practice of France, in some kings' times, hath introduced cabinet counsels; a remedy worse than the disease". </P>

Who has the final decision for all cabinet matters