Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 June 1947.
Major Henry Spence
, Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central
12:00,
30 June 1947
asked the Minister of Food the average calorie value per meal of the 59,000,000 main meals and the 121,000,000 subsidiary meals, respectively, served by catering establishments weekly.
Dr Edith Summerskill
, Fulham West
No, Sir. I regret that this information is not available.
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.
