– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1947.
Mr Anthony Hurd
, Newbury
12:00,
8 July 1947
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why His Majesty's Stationery Office took advertising space in a supplement dealing with the Royal Agricultural Show at Lincoln, which was published in Paris by the Continental "Daily Mail" on 27th June and was on sale at the show, while newspapers published in this country were denied the opportunity of publishing special supplements for the show.
Mr William Hall
, Colne Valley
The space was taken by the Stationery Office in the ordinary course of business and at the suggestion of agricultural interests in this country to make better known on the Continent and to visitors from the Continent the agricultural publications of His Majesty's Government. I have no information that newspapers published in this country were denied permission to publish special supplements for the show.
Mr Anthony Hurd
, Newbury
Are we to take it from the Minister's reply that, on future occasions, if a British-published newspaper asks for facilities of this kind, they will be granted?
Mr William Hall
, Colne Valley
That is a hypothetical question and in any case it would not be for me to decide.
Sir William Darling
, Edinburgh South
Has the Financial Secretary formed any idea of the number of French agriculturists who read the Continental "Daily Mail?"
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.
