Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Sir Percy Harris
, Bethnal Green South West
asked the Minister of Labour whether it is possible to give the figures of the number of unemployed persons on the live register for the borough of Bethnal Green at the latest available date; if not, whether he will have a special inquiry made as to the amount of unemployment in that borough, as the present system of including the figures with those for Hackney, Shore-ditch and Stepney deprives persons resident in that borough of the advantages which go to districts with a high percentage of unemployment?
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.
