Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Defence. – in the House of Commons at on 1 February 1940.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward:
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider introducing legislation making it obligatory on all local authorities to restore to all their employés, who-have returned from active service, the positions they held prior to the war?
Mr Walter Elliot
, Glasgow Kelvingrove
I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to Section 14 of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939.
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.
