Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture. – in the House of Commons at on 16 October 1941.
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
asked the Minister of Health whether the elected representatives of the people will serve on the management committees of voluntary hospitals now that public money is being used to subsidise these institutions?
Mr Ernest Brown
, Leith
As I indicated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for St. Albans (Sir F. Fremantle) and to supplementary questions on 9th October, the point raised by the hon. Lady is one for discussion with representatives of municipal hospital authorities and of the voluntary hospital movement at the appropriate stage.
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.
