Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information. – in the House of Commons at on 10 December 1941.
Sir Geoffrey Mander
, Wolverhampton East
asked the Minister of Information to what extent hon. Members of this House have availed themselves of his expression of willingness to accept their co-operation in obtaining information as to their constituents' views concerning matters dealt with by the War-time Social Survey; and with what result?
Mr Brendan Bracken
, Paddington North
Only one hon. Member, the hon. Member for East Wolverhampton (Mr. Mander) has availed himself of the offer. He obtained a considerable amount of information from his constituents which provided a number of pointers for the large-scale investigations of the War-time Social Survey.
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.
