Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1949.
Sir Allan Noble
, Chelsea
12:00,
31 October 1949
Is the Minister aware that he told the House last Monday that this building had been empty since last December—very nearly a year—and would not it be much better to allow this building to be used again for hotel accommodation and to find some other accommodation for these important colonial students?
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.
