Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health. – in the House of Commons at on 30 July 1934.
Mr Harold Hales
, Stoke-on-Trent Hanley
asked the Minister of Health what control is exercised by his Department over private swimming pools for which a charge for admission is made; if regular inspections are made by qualified inspectors of the water; and, if not, will he in the public interest take the necessary steps to see that they are brought under his jurisdiction?
Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare
, Norwich
My right hon. Friend has no statutory powers to exercise direct control over these pools. As stated in my answer to a previous question the Public Health Act, 1875, gives a right of entry to the local authority or any of their officers for the purpose of ascertaining whether any nuisance exists, and my right hon. Friend proposes to call attention to these powers in his next annual report, which will shortly be issued.
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.
