Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 December 1949.
Viscount Turnour
, Horsham
12:00,
14 December 1949
Is the right hon. Lady aware that, in reply to a speech made from this bench on the Estimates for the Government Hospitality Centre, either the Minister or the right hon. Lady stated that it was alternative accommodation? Why is she attempting to compete in this way with private enterprise?
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.
