Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies. – in the House of Commons at on 18 October 1939.
Mr John Morgan
, Doncaster
Does the Minister take into account that the prices fixed tend to encourage the killing of immature pigs because they are not worth keeping on, and that the prices fixed for old heavy pigs will kill off the sows, and if he is starting with the sows where is the pig trade to go to?
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.
