Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 7 Awst 1947.
Mr. E. P. Smith:
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to see that the Littlestone Water Company repair the damage caused by War Office action to the wells in the fishing village of Dungeness and provide pure mains water to the inhabitants.
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.
