Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 26 November 1934.
Mr William Thorne
, West Ham Plaistow
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the House any information as to whether the Hull Public Assistance Committee are granting transitional benefit in accordance with the rules and regulations; and whether he can state the reason why he authorised the public assistance committee to reduce the rate of benefit?
Hon. Oliver Stanley
, Westmorland
I am in communication with the local authority on the matter and cannot at the moment say more on the first part of the question. I do not know to what the hon. Member is referring in the second part of his question. I have given no such authority.
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.
