Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Information. – in the House of Commons at on 10 December 1941.
Commander Bower:
asked the Minister of Information whether Squadron-Leader Hector Bolitho, who recently broadcast over the Columbia system on the sort of things that have become important to people in war-time Britain, did so by arrangement with, or with the knowledge of, the Ministry of Information?
Mr Brendan Bracken
, Paddington North
No, Sir. The Ministry of Information was not concerned except in regard to security censorship, which was handled in the normal way.
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.
