Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 1 July 1925.
Mr James Maxton
, Glasgow Bridgeton
What is the insuperable difficulty in the way of the Minister of Labour informing the House as to the number of engineers normally engaged in this particular branch of the industry, which is carried on by only two or three firms in well-known areas? What is the insuperable difficulty in his Department finding how many of these men are presently unemployed?
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.
