Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 5 October 1931.
Mr Ramsay Macdonald
, Seaham
It is proposed to table a Motion to enable further proceedings on the Bill to be suspended till the next Session of Parliament, and then to be resumed upon a Motion made after notice by a Minister of the Crown.
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.
