Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 1 February 1940.
Mr Richard Acland
, Barnstaple
I cannot say that I regard the answer as unsatisfactory, because I understand the principles that are applied, but I hope I shall have an opportunity on the Adjournment of inviting the Minister to reconsider the whole of this matter in relation to lifeboat crews and their special circumstances.
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.
