Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Supply. – in the House of Commons am ar 8 Tachwedd 1939.
Mr David Kirkwood
, Dumbarton District of Burghs
It is not the case that the experience of the Department in the last war showed that the idea of getting small firms to make munitions of war was a gigantic failure, and it will always be so, as the Minister has said, because of the lack of precision tools?
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.
