Oral Answers to Questions — Housing. – in the House of Commons am ar 23 Gorffennaf 1925.
Mr Herbert Williams
, Reading
asked the Minister of Health the number of houses completed with and without State or municipal assistance during the six months ended 30th June; and the corresponding figures for the same period last year?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:
As statistics of house building by private enterprise without assistance by way of subsidy are obtained half-yearly to the end of September and March, I am unable to furnish the hon. Member with particulars as to the total numbers of Louses completed during the six months ended 30th June. During the six months ended 31st March, 1925, 41,836 houses were completed with the aid of subsidy and 34,785 without, a total of 76,621. During the same period in the preceding year, 10,626 houses were completed with the aid of subsidy and 38,597 without, a total of 49,223.
Sir Percy Hurd
, Devizes
Is the right hon. Gentleman conscious of the very slow progress in the rural areas?
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.
