Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment – in the House of Commons am ar 29 Mehefin 1939.
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart:
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that in Durham County there are 26,000 persons who have been unemployed for more than a year; and what schemes the Government have apart from the trading estates to provide these people with employment?
Mr Ernest Brown
, Leith
I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27th June.
Mr. Stewart:
As there are 6,000 people in Durham who have been unemployed for a year, and in that number between 6,000 and 7,000 have had no work for three, five or 10 years, does it not suggest that the method adopted by the Govern- ment for meeting the problem of long-term unemployment has failed?
Mr Ernest Brown
, Leith
That is another question.
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.
