Oral Answers to Questions — Science – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 28 Ionawr 1964.
Mr Tam Dalyell
, West Lothian
12:00,
28 Ionawr 1964
asked the Lord President of the Council and Minister for Science whether he has yet received proposals on design manuals and data sheets for the professional institutions, as a result of the Feilden Committee Report on Engineering Design of July, 1963; and what action he is taking.
Mr Quintin Hogg
, St Marylebone
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is now studying a proposal from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for a pilot scheme for producing design data sheets.
Mr Tam Dalyell
, West Lothian
Referring to the Chief Secretary's Answer of 19th November last year, why so slow?
Mr Quintin Hogg
, St Marylebone
I do not think that it has been.
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.
