Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 3 Tachwedd 1947.
Mr John Boyd-Carpenter
, Kingston upon Thames
12:00,
3 Tachwedd 1947
asked the Minister of Food the length of time a person entitled to a higher scale of rations by reason of his employment in a particular occupation, retains his entitlement to that scale when voluntarily refusing to work at that employment.
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.
