Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Pensions and National Insurance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 March 1956.
Mr Robert Crouch
, North Dorset
12:00,
26 March 1956
In view of the heavy losses in stock which are sustained on account of this disease, not only through loss of flesh and the time taken to recover, but the fact that fatalities run as high as 50 per cent. in some herds, can the Minister not speed up the research into the disease? I know that it is not notifiable under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1950, but it is a "silent" disease which needs immediate attention.
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.
