Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 December 1949.
Mr Arthur Symonds
, Cambridge
12:00,
5 December 1949
asked the Minister of Transport if he will introduce regulations to make the fitting of traffic indicators compulsory on left-hand drive motor vehicles.
Mr James Callaghan
Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Transport)
My right hon. Friend has this matter under consideration in connection with a recommendation made by the Road Safety 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.
