Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health. – in the House of Commons at on 17 September 1931.
Mr Thomas Lewis
, Southampton
asked the Minister of Health if he proposes to bring in legislation extending the provisions of the National Health Insurance (Prolongation of Insurance) Act, 1930; and, if not, what other steps he proposes to take to meet the position of unemployed persons who would normally go out of insurance on the 31st December, 1931?
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.
