Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons am ar 1 Gorffennaf 1925.
Colonel Sir Walter De Frece
, Blackpool
asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the official figures that there were on 25th May last 29,244 unemployed in hotel, boarding houses, and club services, he will state exactly what kind of work these persons normally do; and why, in view of the shortage of workers of this nature, there are so many unemployed?
Mr Arthur Steel-Maitland
, Birmingham Erdington
I am sending my hon. Friend a list of the occupations in this group, from which he will see that it covers a considerable variety of employments, in many of which, so far as I am aware, there is not a shortage of workers.
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.
