Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 9 Ebrill 1986.
Mr Dennis Walters
, Westbury
12:00,
9 Ebrill 1986
In the course of his talks, did my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary also assure the Syrian Foreign Minister that Her Majesty's Government fully appreciated Syrian feeling about the future of the 100,000 Syrian civilians thrown out of Golan by the Israelis in 1967—
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.
