– in the House of Commons at on 16 June 1924.
Mr George Hardie
, Glasgow Springburn
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Glasgow Corporation has to pay for sites as follows: £8,000 for 20 acres at 13algray, £9,196 for 9½ acres at Mosside Road, and £6,296 for 6½ acres at Langlands Road for the erection of houses; and what steps he proposes to take through his housing scheme to curb these excessive demands?
Mr. GRAHAM:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary for Scotland has asked me to answer this question on his behalf. I understand that the facts are substantially as stated in the first part of the question. If the local authority were of opinion that the prices asked for these sites were excessive, it was open to them to acquire them compulsorily and to have the price determined by the Official Arbiter in terms of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919.
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.
