Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 1 Rhagfyr 1947.
Sir Hugh Munro-Lucas-Tooth
, Hendon South
12:00,
1 Rhagfyr 1947
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that owing to the present shortage of accommodation, certain landladies of persons who are obliged to live away from home during part of each week, demand an excessive proportion of such persons' rations; that such persons are often unable to resist such demands for fear of not being able to get other accommodation; and whether he is prepared to take any action in the matter.
Mr Evelyn Strachey
, Dundee
Anyone staying in a licensed establishment for three nights or more must, of course, have coupons cancelled according to the length of stay. The arrangements made between the landladies of boarding houses not licensed as catering establishments, and their lodgers are, however, a matter which we must leave to their private agreement, since I am afraid it would not be possible to cover by regulations all the many and varied circumstances of individual cases.
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.
