Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 11 March 1929.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood
, Newcastle-under-Lyme
I am afraid that that is not so. May I ask the right hon. Gentleman once more whether he would write to the British Minister and ask whether there are 10,000 cases pending and whether those cases have been handed over, outside the 10-kilometre zone, to the civil Court; and perhaps, at the same time, he might ask about the case of the man Dobrogeanu, who, I hear, has just been sentenced by a military Court to 10 years' imprisonment—solitary confinement, with chain on his arms and legs—for being a Socialist?
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.
