Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons at on 6 March 1935.
Mr John Wardlaw-Milne
, Kidderminster
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the land drainage schemes which have been carried out in the past three years by the Worcestershire County Council for the relief of unemployed agricultural labourers; and whether it is his intention to put the Unemployment Assistance Board in a position to make a grant to the council to enable these valuable schemes to be continued?
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.
