Part of the debate – 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?
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.
