Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 27 Ionawr 1947.
Commander Sir Douglas Marshall
, Bodmin
12:00,
27 Ionawr 1947
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that the U.S.A. are using bamboos to build houses, for framing timbers, rafters, sidings, floors and partitions; that a forest can be produced in three years; that there is already a plantation of consideable size at Lanivet, Cornwall; and whether he will go into this matter to see if its development could help to solve the timber shortage.
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.
