Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 August 1947.
Mr Cyril Osborne
, Louth Borough
12:00,
7 August 1947
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that about 1,000 foreign workers engaged on important food production need beds, as correspondence sent to him indicates: and if he will take steps immediately to procure from the, Office of Works some of the thousands of bedsteads now rusting on the Kelstern Aerodrome in Lincolnshire.
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.
