– in the House of Commons at on 27 March 1929.
Captain CROOKSHANK:
39.asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what, if any, conditions are attached to the grant of £500 made to the British Social Hygiene Council; and whether the grant was made after consultation with the Minister of Health?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
This grant is made to assist the council in organising pro- paganda work in the Colonies, etc. Its employment is limited to certain specified services, such as the supply of films and medical and educational literature. Payments out of the grant are made only in reimbursement of certified expenditure on approved services. The grant has not recently been the subject of discussion with the Minister of Health, who has no responsibility for work of this kind in the Colonies.
Captain CROOKSHANK:
Will the right hon. Gentleman call the attention of the Minister of Health to the valuable services rendered by this council, considering that in the discussions on the Local Government Bill the Minister was very disparaging about it?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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.
