Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture. – in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1934.
Mr Daniel Somerville
, Willesden East
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements have been made up to date to restore in part to doctors and chemists the losses suffered by them as a result of the economy measures in 1931?
Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare
, Norwich
I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a circular which was issued by my Department to insurance committees on the 20th June, setting out the arrangements for giving effect to the decision of the Government to restore, as from the 1st July, one-half of the deduction made from the remuneration of insurance practitioners and chemists, as a measure of economy, from the 1st October, 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.
