– in the House of Commons at on 6 December 1920.
Mr William Ormsby-Gore
, Stafford
asked the Prime Minister whether any decision was come to at his recent conferences with the French Prime Minister and the Italian Foreign Minister regarding a rearrangement in favour of Turkey or Bulgaria of areas in Asia Minor and Thrace allotted by the Peace Conference to the late Greek Government; whether any discussion took place at the same conference regarding the steps to be taken by the Allies to deal with Mustapha Kemal and his army, or about Cilicia, or the Syria-Palestine boundary question?
Mr David Lloyd George
, Caernarvon District of Boroughs
I have nothing to add to the official communiqués which have already been published on these subjects.
Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy
, Kingston upon Hull Central
When will the right hon. Gentleman be able to make a full statement on this matter and give the House the opportunity of discussing it?
Mr David Lloyd George
, Caernarvon District of Boroughs
I will consider that, but I think that it would be unwise to have a discussion just yet, until there are further developments.
Mr William Ormsby-Gore
, Stafford
Are we to understand from the communiqués referred to that there is no present intention of altering the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
Mr David Lloyd George
, Caernarvon District of Boroughs
That certainly has not been decided on.
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.
