Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 February 1954.
Mr Jo Grimond
, Orkney and Shetland
12:00,
23 February 1954
While welcoming the success of this mission, may I follow up the questions already put to the Minister? Can he say what guarantee there is that if we refuse export licences for these goods, other Western nations will not grant export licences, so that we shall lose very important business?
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.
