Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Fuel and Power – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 November 1947.
Vice-Admiral Taylor:
Arising out of the Minister's supplementary answer, may I ask, as licences have to be carefully considered before they are granted, where a hire car proprietor obtained a licence prior to the abolition of the basic petrol ration, whether that car for which a licence has been obtained will receive the petrol necessary to run it?
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.
