Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 17 September 1931.
Major EVANS:
8.asked the Minister of Labour the number of establishments under trade boards not inspected during 1930 and the amount of arrears paid to workpeople in consequence of offences discovered by inspectors during the same period?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
All the figures for which the hon. and gallant Member asks are given in the report of the Ministry of Labour for 1930 (Cmd. 3859).
Major EVANS:
Is the Minister aware that on the percentage basis the amount of the offences discovered by his inspectors is no less a sum than £150,000.
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
I am aware of exactly what is stated in the report of the Ministry of Labour for 1930.
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.
