Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 October 1947.
Mr Ernest Marples
, Wallasey
12:00,
30 October 1947
asked the Minister of Health when the Committee appointed by him on 5th June, 1947, to keep under review the costs of house building will be making their recommendations.
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
This is a matter for the Committee to decide and I have no information on this subject at present.
Mr Ernest Marples
, Wallasey
Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that a Committee of this nature will give news and not history, and that it will be no help to the trade at all unless the report is published.
Mr Aneurin Bevan
, Ebbw Vale
I would not be as discourteous as the hon. Member in reflecting on the Committee.
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.
