Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 June 1947.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
12:00,
26 June 1947
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, owing to the inability of some owners of rent-restricted houses to pay for repairs at the present high costs, there is a danger of some localities becoming slums, and of some houses which are to be included in the Minister of Town and Country Planning's lists of buildings of historic or architectural interest becoming uninhabitable through decay; and what action he proposes to prevent this.
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.
