Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 August 1947.
Mr Arthur Symonds
, Cambridge
12:00,
7 August 1947
asked the Minister of Health if he has now given consideration to the practical effect on recruitment to the nursing profession, on the Rushcliffe scale of salaries, of recent judgments of magistrates at Clerkenwell and Weald-stone; and what steps he proposes to take to deal with the situation.
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
I understand that this matter is being taken to the High Court.
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.
