Bill Presented – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Ionawr 1964.
Bill to place the public library service provided by local authorities in England and Wales under the superintendence of the Minister of Education, to make new provision for regulating and improving that service and as to the provision and maintenance of museums and art galleries by such authorities, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, presented by Sir Edward Boyle; supported by Mr. Quintin Hogg, Mr. Heath, Sir Keith Joseph, Mr. AlanGreen, and Mr. Christopher Chataway; read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next and to be printed. [Bill 67.]
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.
