Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Railways – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 26 Ebrill 1948.
Mr Alfred Barnes
, East Ham South
12:00,
26 Ebrill 1948
As I have already indicated, I do not want at this stage to be drawn into an assumption, either by inference or otherwise, that there was any failure because of the staffing of the railways. In a situation of this kind it is essential that the Minister should await the report of the officer who was appointed to investigate the disaster fully.
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.
