Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 December 1949.
Mr Robin Turton
, Thirsk and Malton
12:00,
14 December 1949
Surely, that is a different reply from the one which the right hon. Lady gave on this very question last week, when we were told that there was no hard and fast rule about whether an hotel had been operating in the previous year? Will the right hon. Lady look at her reply and compare it with that of the Minister, and, in view of the discrepancy, allow this hotel to re-apply?
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.
