Orders of the Day — Supply – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 March 1947.
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1947, for expenditure in respect of sundry public buildings in Great Britain, not provided for on other Votes.
Captain Harry Crookshank
, Gainsborough
May I point out to the Minister that I expect that this is where this other Vote ought to have been?
Mr Charles Key
, Poplar Bow and Bromley
This is not a question of buildings but a question of a site, which is not environment.
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.
