Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons at on 20 March 1935.
Colonel Leonard Ropner
, Barkston Ash
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that paragraph 2 of the traffic-sign directions issued by him under the Road Traffic Act, 1934, to the effect that the de-restriction sign shall be erected on each lamp-post along a de-restricted road, is not being complied with on the Barnet and Croydon by-pass roads; and what steps he is taking to remedy this without delay?
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.
