Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies. – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Mr John Remer
, Macclesfield
asked the Minister of Food what work is being performed by the Shipping Branch of the Ministry of Food at Trafalgar House, Waterloo Place, as distinct from the Royal Commission for Wheat?
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson
, Glasgow Maryhill
The Shipping Branch of the Ministry of Food at Trafalgar House deals solely with the work of the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies, except in so far as it attends to shipments made for the account of the Inter-depart mental Committee for European Relief Credits. Trafalgar House is being vacated, and the staff moved to Palace Chambers.
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.
