Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 March 1947.
Mr Alfred Bossom
, Maidstone
12:00,
3 March 1947
asked the Minister of Works whether, in view of the shortage of lead, he will encourage the use of wrought-iron piping with screw joints for housing work generally, seeing that it has proved satisfactory for 3o-storey and 40-storey skyscrapers.
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.
