Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 August 1947.
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
12:00,
7 August 1947
Yes, Sir, but the interests of the insured persons have been taken into account in the appointment of these councils. Once they have been appointed and have been running for a few years, I hope to receive from them advice as to new appointments which will very much relieve the responsibility of the Minister of Health, whoever he may be at that time.
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.
