Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons am ar 15 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Leslie Hore-Belisha
, Plymouth, Devonport
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state what is the procedure adopted at the Employment Exchange, Devonport, in respect to the entry of men in His Majesty's dockyards and naval establishments; whether he will explain why it is that men who have recently signed on are selected and placed in employment in preference to those who have been on the books of the Exchange for years; whether he is aware that in some cases men have been taken from civil employment and have been placed in His Majesty's dockyard; and whether he will take steps to see that in the selection of men for His Majesty's dockyard those men who have been longest unemployed and the most distressing cases should receive due consideration?
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.
