Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons at on 6 December 1920.
Mr James Gilbert
, Southwark Central
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now received any reply from the various railway companies as to providing excursion trains for the forthcoming Christmas holidays: what is the decision of the companies, and whether it will be possible for the public to obtain cheap excursion tickets available for three or four days or longer; whether such tickets will be obtainable in advance; and whether any limit will be put upon the number of tickets to be issued to the public?
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.
