Oral Answers to Questions — Transport, – in the House of Commons at on 27 May 1924.
Mr. W. A. JENKINS:
66.asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that certain urban and district councils have expressed their inability, having regard to the financial position which exists in agricultural areas and the serious difficulties which now confront ratepayers, to expend any more money on the maintenance or reconstruction of highways in their district than has been raised on an average basis during the past few years, and that they can accept no responsibility whatever for any deterioration of important highways, in consequence of their inability to shoulder the additional financial burden of the more improved methods of construction, which they now almost immediately be out of date. Each Order is fully advertised, and suitable notice boards are erected on the roads affected.
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.
