Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance. – in the House of Commons at on 17 September 1931.
Mr Samuel Perry
, Kettering
asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the estimated increase of local rates in the city of Manchester by the reduced rate of unemployment benefit to be paid to those who have already to be assisted by the Manchester public assistance committee; and the estimated additional charge throughout the country on local rates?
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.
