Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Government Departments. – in the House of Commons at on 8 February 1940.
Miss Rathbone:
asked the Minister of Labour whether steps have been taken to inform all bodies concerning in Government work, whether directly under Government Departments or under local authorities, or indirectly through Government contracts, of the existence of the central register and of the supplementary register; and whether these bodies have been requested to use these registers when requiring employés of types who do not usually register with the ordinary Employment Exchanges?
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.
