Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 14 Rhagfyr 1964.
Mr Gordon Campbell
, Moray and Nairnshire
12:00,
14 Rhagfyr 1964
asked the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs if the Foreign Secretary will make another visit to Bonn in the near future.
Mr Walter Padley
, Ogwr
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has no plans at present to visit Bonn again in the near future.
Mr Gordon Campbell
, Moray and Nairnshire
I know that the Foreign Secretary will be engaged at Leyton in the near future. However, can the Government ensure that after the Prime Minister's forthcoming visit to Bonn, the impressions left with the German Government on that occasion will not appear to be controverted soon afterwards by a speech in the House?
Mr Walter Padley
, Ogwr
I do not believe that that happened. In his talks with the German Foreign Minister in London on 11th December, the Foreign Secretary has had a further exchange of views on several subjects immediately after his return from Washington with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister.
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.
