Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 18 Rhagfyr 1973.
Mr Arthur Lewis
, West Ham North
12:00,
18 Rhagfyr 1973
I am grateful to the Minister for writing me a letter after I had tabled a Question on this matter. Will he take it from me that it does not take a month to send a reply? Will he look into the matter again? When things of this sort happen, people are not always available to make notes of times and dates. If there is a responsibility falling on the Minister in this connection, will he look into the matter again?
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.
