Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1964.
Mr John Mackie
, Enfield East
12:00,
21 January 1964
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that he has also ignored the advice of the Minister of Agriculture, in the answer that he gave to the Council and the other bodies concerned, of which I have a copy? If the other areas were built up it would be more reasonable to leave this urea as an open space. Is not he ashamed to have legislation put on the Statute Book by his party which allows him, by one stroke of the pen, to put £250,000 from the public purse into private pockets, for doing nothing?
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.
