Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Armed Forces – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Mawrth 1947.
Mr Evelyn King
, Penryn and Falmouth
12:00,
12 Mawrth 1947
asked the Minister of Defence whether his attention has been drawn to a speech made by the Australian Minister of External Affairs on 26th February, calling for common defence action between members of the British Commonwealth; and whether decisions taken by the 1923 and 1926 Imperial Conference imposing responsibility for all Imperial defence other than local defence upon Great Britain, still stand.
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.
