Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Railways – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 26 Ebrill 1948.
Mr Joseph Sparks
, Acton
12:00,
26 Ebrill 1948
Is the Minister aware that there have been serious staffing difficulties on the railways in recent years, and to some extent that may be a contributory factor; and will the Minister also request the appropriate authority to make the causes of these accidents much more widely known among the staff concerned than they are at the present time? If that is done, I think it will assist very considerably to tighten up any looseness that appears to exist.
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.
