A service from mySociety A service from mySociety

TheyWorkForYou

Menu

Oral Answers to Questions — Medical Relief, Islington.

– in the House of Commons at on 16 June 1924.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Mr William Cluse Mr William Cluse , Islington South

46.

asked the Minister of Health whether he has received an application from the board of guardians for the parish of St. Mary, Islington, London, N., asking for sanction to close the Liverpool Road Dispensary, where poor persons from Nos. 3a, 6, 7, 9 and 10 relief districts receive medical relief, and to compel the sick poor to attend the Highbury Dispensary for treatment and medicine; whether, seeing that the population of Islington is 330,737, and that one dispensary is inadequate for the needs of the sick poor of that parish, he will make full inquiries before sanctioning the request; and if, in the opinion of his medical advisers, it is found that the present dispensary accommodation is inadequate, he will take steps to ensure that due provision is made for treating the sick poor in Islington?

Mr. GREENWOOD:

My right hon. Friend is in communication with the guardians in regard to this proposal, and the application will be carefully considered from the point of view mentioned in the latter part of the question.

Minister

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.