Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons am ar 29 Mawrth 1939.
Sir Percy Hurd
, Devizes
asked the Minister of Transport when he will introduce his provisional legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Cassels Committee on Third Party Compulsory Insurance; and whether, in view of the comparatively small number of cases involved, and the fact that there has been a court decision in all these cases he will give further consideration to the justice of making this legislation retrospective to the date of the committee's report?
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.
