Part of Oral Answers to Questions — African Colonies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 April 1948.
Sir Archer Baldwin
, Leominster
12:00,
7 April 1948
Is not the Minister aware that there is plenty of meat available to the African if he can be persuaded to kill some of the surplus goats and cattle which are at present eroding the land? One of the difficulties is to get the African to kill off the surplus.
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.
