Oral Answers to Questions — Fuel and Power – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 29 Ebrill 1948.
Sir John Mellor
, Sutton Coldfield
12:00,
29 Ebrill 1948
asked the Minister or Fuel and Power whether he will exclude motor fuel, supplied to overseas visitors, from his computations of consumption by private motor vehicles in the United Kingdom.
Mr Hugh Gaitskell
, Leeds South
Account will be kept of the petrol coupons issued to foreign visitors and in estimating changes in consumption subsequent to the introduction of the standard ration, consumption by foreign visitors will be separately recorded.
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.
