Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information. – in the House of Commons at on 1 October 1941.
Mr Irving Albery
, Gravesend
asked the Undersecretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware that many persons who would gladly extend hospitality to Dominion troops in this country are unable to do so on account of the food rationing regulations; and will he confer with the Minister of Food on this matter?
Mr. Whiteley:
I have been asked to reply. I will certainly confer with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Food, but I feel bound to say that I see considerable difficulty in arranging for the exemption of any one section of the community from the operation of the food rationing regulations, even in the circumstances mentioned by my hon. Friend.
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.
