Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Roads – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Mai 1955.
Mr John Boyd-Carpenter
, Kingston upon Thames
12:00,
4 Mai 1955
Either of the branches concerned is perfectly free to make representations to me on a matter affecting their members if they so wish. Indeed, the agricultural aspects of the matter are also matters which I have had to discuss with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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.
