Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Mr Wilfred Wellock
, Stourbridge
asked the Minister of Labour what is the present indebtedness of the Unemployment Fund to the Exchequer?
Colonel Sir Walter De Frece
, Blackpool
asked the Minister of Labour the adverse balance of the Unemployment Fund on 31st January, 1929?
Mr Arthur Steel-Maitland
, Birmingham Erdington
The present debt of the Unemployment Fund to the Treasury is £ 33,460,000.
Mr George Buchanan
, Glasgow Gorbals
Can the right hon. Gentleman give us any idea of the weekly increase in the debt?
Mr Arthur Steel-Maitland
, Birmingham Erdington
I can give the hon. Member the figures, but I cannot state them from memory.
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.
