Oral Answers to Questions — Post Office. – in the House of Commons at on 4 March 1935.
Sir Wilfred Sugden
, Leyton West
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the increasing housing accommodation in the districts of Waltham Abbey, Ponders End, Edmonton, Lee Bridge, Walthamstow, Leyton, Leytonstone, Woodford, Wanstead, East Ham, and Romford, he will consider requiring the local authorities concerned to construct a new outfall sewer from Broxbourne, Herts, through the Lee Valley, on to the mouth of the river below Southend, in order also to reduce unemployment considerably, as 80 per cent. of the cost of these works would go in the employment of unskilled labour?
Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare
, Norwich
The question of sewerage in the Lee Valley is now under consideration by the County Councils concerned and the Lee Conservancy Board, who have obtained a comprehensive report on the subject.
Sir Wilfred Sugden
, Leyton West
Is my hon. Friend prepared to receive a deputation from the people concerned in the matter?
Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare
, Norwich
I should like to consider that point.
Mr Valentine McEntee
, Walthamstow West
Is the hon. Gentleman aware that during the last 30 years replies have been given in this House with the same consistency.
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.
