Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Roads – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Mai 1955.
Mr Arthur Bottomley
, Rochester and Chatham
12:00,
4 Mai 1955
Can the Minister explain why he sent letters to the Mayor of Rochester and to the Town Clerk of Chatham saying that agricultural interests were holding up the construction of the Rochester by-pass road? Surely he should have consulted the Kent branch of the National Farmers' Union?
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.
