Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 12 March 1924.
Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy
, Kingston upon Hull Central
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that, in certain Employment Exchanges when insured persons are stood off benefits for six weeks on an accusation of not having sought genuinely for work or having refused suitable employment and being still unemployed, the Exchange starts counting unemployed time from the end of the six weeks, thus making seven weeks without benefit instead of six weeks; that, if the insured person had been signing for six days before being stood off, then this period is made into eight weeks; and whether this system has his approval?
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.
