Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 1 February 1940.
Mr James Griffiths
, Llanelly
asked the Minister of Labour the number of requests made to him by Government Departments for names of persons on the Central Register to fill vacancies in the Departments; and what proportion of the new employment at Government Departments has been filled by persons recruited through 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.
