Oral Answers to Questions — Hospitals – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Chwefror 1964.
Mr David Gibson-Watt
, Hereford
12:00,
24 Chwefror 1964
asked the Minister of Health what are his long-term plans for maintaining cottage hospitals in rural areas.
Mr Anthony Barber
, Doncaster
These are set out in the Hospital Plan for England and Wales. The primary consideration in any decision concerning a cottage hospital will be to provide the best possible service for the patients.
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.
