– in the House of Commons at on 16 June 1924.
Mr Walter Baker
, Bristol East
asked the Minister of Health whether, in the interests of the health of the community and as Rome return for the heavy taxation imposed in the form of medicine duty, he will introduce legislation to enable patent medicines to be sold under licences only issuable after an impartial examination of the merits of the proprietary articles?
Mr Arthur Greenwood
, Nelson and Colne
My right hon. Friend fears that in the present state of Parliamentary business it would be impracticable to attempt legislation on the subject this Session.
Lord Eustace Percy
, Hastings
Is it the intention of the Government to proceed with the Therapeutic Substances Bill, which has been introduced?
Mr Arthur Greenwood
, Nelson and Colne
It has come from Another place.
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.
During a debate members of the House of Commons traditionally refer to the House of Lords as 'another place' or 'the other place'.
Peers return the gesture when they speak of the Commons in the same way.
This arcane form of address is something the Labour Government has been reviewing as part of its programme to modernise the Houses of Parliament.
