Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 21 February 1940.
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
In deference to the views of my right hon. and gallant Friend the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, I have given this matter further consideration and an alternative site for this factory is now under investigation.
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.
