Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Defence. – in the House of Commons at on 16 October 1941.
Mr Robert Young
, Newton
asked the Minister of Health whether he can give the number of evacuees billeted in the Windlesham and Sunningdale, Surrey, area; whether he is aware that there is much complaint that, while village houses are overcrowded, a number of large houses, occupied by one or two people, some of whom have never taken in an evacuee, and have houses in other parts of the country, have not been used; and will he instruct his officials to make inquiries regarding this matter in that part of the county?
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.
