Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ex-Service Men. – in the House of Commons at on 17 January 1924.
Mr Frank Gray
, Oxford
asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Brown v. Turner, in the Bicester police court, in respect of which the cost of three trials within three months has fallen upon the defendant; whether he is aware that the defendant is receiving treatment for war injuries and has been confined in a hospital for the last year and still is; that the result of this trial is to eject the wife and young family of this man from a cottage with no alternative accommodation, and that the man has suffered in his illness the repeated actions taken in his absence; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
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.
