Part of Oral Answers to Questions — West Indies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Mawrth 1947.
Major Lyall Wilkes
, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
12:00,
12 Mawrth 1947
Is the Minister aware that what is needed in Trinidad is not so much a new delegation or a new commission with new recommendations, but that the very adequate and practical recommendations of the 1937 Commission should be implemented?
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.
