Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture. – in the House of Commons am ar 6 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Charles Trevelyan
, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
asked the Minister of Labour how many European countries have already abolished night baking; and in how many of those countries there has been any resultant rise in the price of bread?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
The information available shows that legislation prohibiting night work in bakeries is in force in the following European countries-Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovak, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Soviet Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (two cantons). This legislation does not necessarily follow the lines of the Convention recently adopted by the International Labour Conference. I am unable to state from the official records of retail prices which are available how far any rise which may have taken place in the price of tread in the respective countries is attributable to the operation of such legislation.
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.
