Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 30 Ionawr 1947.
Mr George Wallace
, Chislehurst
12:00,
30 Ionawr 1947
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that men medically unfit for service in His Majesty's Forces are being handicapped in their application for houses owing to the fact that points are given for service in His Majesty's Forces by most local authorities but that medical unfitness to serve is not taken care of; and whether he is prepared to issue a memorandum to local authorities on this point.
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
The selection of tenants is by statute vested in local authorities who are best able, from their local knowledge, to determine the relative urgency of individual applications.
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.
