Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisons – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 June 1947.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
12:00,
26 June 1947
As the Home Secretary said a few days ago that the officials in charge of this matter are not under a Minister responsible to this House, will he say whether it is intended to bring them under the control of a Minister responsible to this House?
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.
