Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance. – in the House of Commons at on 30 January 1940.
Reverend George Woods
, Finsbury
asked the Minister of Labour why the application made by Messrs. C. E. Turnbull and Company, Limited, of 45, Clerkenwell Road, E.C.1, dated 18th August, 1939, for a refund of unemployment insurance contributions paid in error on behalf of their employe, Mr. Fasham, has been refused under emergency regulations made 19 days after the application for the refund had been received by his Department?
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.
