Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 1947.
Sir Waldron Smithers
, Orpington
12:00,
12 February 1947
In view of the events described in the Question, and in view of our attempts to de-Nazify Germany, does the Minister not think that occurrences of this kind only tend to make the Germans more Nazi, and that we must try to show them a better way of life?
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.
