Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture. – in the House of Commons at on 5 June 1939.
Mr John Morgan
, Doncaster
I take it that the Minister has no objection to a Member of this House being employed in this capacity for a fee of this size? Is the fee to be per annum, and has the Minister no control over the business arrangements of this board, which seems to be giving a lot of unsatisfactory service?
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.
