Part of Orders of the Day — Report [20TH February] – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Chwefror 1924.
Viscount Curzon
, Battersea South
I would invite the Minister to disavow the words of the hon. Member for South Hackney (Mr. H. Morrison), who spoke last, in referring to a distinguished civil servant, who cannot reply for himself. I think that it is very unfair that he should be attacked in this way by an hon. Member opposite, and I am certain that if he were attacked in that way he would feel about it as I do.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
