Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Railways – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 26 Ebrill 1948.
Mr Arthur Champion
, Derbyshire Southern
12:00,
26 Ebrill 1948
Will not the Minister use his power to direct the Transport Commission to instal these devices, because every signalman, when he reads these reports and knows what has happened, feels, as I have felt in similar circumstances, "There, but for the grace of God, go I." That is the position of signalmen in that respect, and it will remain so until the railways put into operation proper safety devices which are known by every signalman 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.
