A service from mySociety A service from mySociety

TheyWorkForYou

Menu

U.N. Disarmament Sub-Committee (Meetings)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Middle East – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 March 1956.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Mr Arthur Henderson Mr Arthur Henderson , Rowley Regis and Tipton 12:00, 26 March 1956

Does the reply of the Minister mean that each Government is being left to issue summarised hand-outs, and that we shall not get the text of the main proposals until the end of the conference?

Minister

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.