– in the House of Commons at on 27 March 1935.
Sir Brograve Beauchamp
, Walthamstow East
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction in parts of Essex over increases in the assessments for purposes of rating; and whether it is by his instructions that rating authorities and assessment committees have, with the object of securing uniformity between different districts, made these assessments higher than they otherwise would have been?
Mr Geoffrey Shakespeare
, Norwich
My hon. Friend has been good enough to call attention to this matter. My right hon. Friend has not issued any such instructions, but it will be realised that uniformity between rating areas was one of the important objects of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, and this must inevitably lead to increased assessments in some places.
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.
