Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 30 Ionawr 1947.
Major Lloyd:
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that his own Ministry in the North-Eastern region, in encouraging high revelry on this inauspicious occasion, definitely suggested that there should be organised all kinds of functions, to include not only the national Press and the radio, but personality film contests, the winners of which should be transported to London and presented to the Minister?
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.
