Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1964.
Mr Michael Maitland Stewart
, Fulham
12:00,
21 January 1964
Does the Minister realise that, as a result of all this, if the public authority is to get this land it must pay £150,000 or £200,000 when, two years ago, it changed hands for £7,500? If, as the Minister maintains, that is the result of the law as it now stands, does it not underline the case for an alteration in the law?
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.
