– in the House of Commons at on 12 March 1924.
Dr William Chapple
, Dumfriesshire
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet had an opportunity of consulting the Law Officers of the Crown upon the question of the rejection by the Nursing Council of applicants for admission to the nursing register under the rule passed on 7th July, 1923?
Mr John Wheatley
, Glasgow Shettleston
No, Sir, but I will do so in the near future.
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.
