Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons at on 23 June 1937.
Sir Gifford Fox
, Henley
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that over four months have now elapsed since the official announcement that it was intended to widen the Great West Road; when this work will be actually started; and whether he is aware that the slowness of such widening work is causing anxiety as to the methods of the Ministry of Transport in regard to the trunk roads of the country which it has just taken over?
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.
