Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies. – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Mr William Ormsby-Gore
, Stafford
asked the Minister of Food whether he has received any representations from traders' asso ciations to the effect that traders in sugar have been involved in financial loss as a result of the orders of the Ministry of Food to traders to accumu late stocks during the coal strike, at the same time limiting the amount to be sold to customers and then ordering a reduc tion of price before a sufficient time had elapsed for the accumulated stocks to be sold; whether, in issuing such orders in future, he will give longer notice of such changes in price to traders; and whether he will ensure that no notice of such a kind shall be given to the Press until the official order has been made?
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.
