Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON:
79.asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the great need for exercising economy in the carrying into effect of the arterial road schemes on which unemployéd labour is to be utilised, he will issue before the close of the year the procedure Regulations so greatly needed by local authorities in the preparation of town planning schemes under the Housing, Town Planning, &c, Act, 1919?
Dr Christopher Addison
, Shoreditch
I hope to issue these Regulations shortly.
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.
