Oral Answers to Questions — Public Building and Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 February 1964.
Mr Barnett Janner
, Leicester North West
12:00,
11 February 1964
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what progress has been made during the last year with regard to the provision of better facilities for building in bad weather; and to what extent building operations this winter have been facilitated by the introduction of more scientific methods.
Mr Richard Sharples
, Sutton and Cheam
The main needs are protection for the operatives and protection for the work. We have given a lead in Ministry contracts by requiring improved welfare facilities on building sites. The industry has made considerable advances in the protection of work in progress. Building operations have so far been little hampered by weather this winter.
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.
