Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Rhagfyr 1973.
Mr Reginald Freeson
, Willesden East
12:00,
5 Rhagfyr 1973
On the last occasion when this matter was raised in the House, the Minister said that there was no foundation for the suggestion that there had been an increase of about 200 per cent. in land prices since 1970. Is he continuing with this complacent attitude, because his latest answer is that there has been a quite considerable drop in land prices? Can he give us evidence of a fall in land prices rather than a fall in the rate of increase?
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.
