Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons at on 18 April 1923.
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
asked the Minister of Health whether, in respect of the payment to doctors on the panels list, the Government Actuary has advised that at the end of the existing agreements it will be no longer possible for the present payment of 2s. 6d. per patient per annum to he made from the funds of the approved societies; and whether he proposes that any further contributions shall be made from State funds in connection therewith?
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.
