Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing. – in the House of Commons at on 8 February 1940.
Mr William Jackson
, Breconshire and Radnorshire
asked the Minister of Health what schemes for agricultural housing he contemplates in the future; and whether as there is some unemployment in the building trade in country districts he will encourage the rural councils to carry on with their grants for reconstructing cottages under the Rural Workers Housing Act?
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.
