Part of Oral Answers to Questions — ST. Vincent – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 April 1964.
Mr George Thomson
, Dundee East
12:00,
28 April 1964
The report, in at least two cases, indicated that the Chief Minister himself was involved in his wife's improprieties. Will not the right hon. Gentleman look into this again? Is it not better for this country, while giving generous help and great respect to the degree of self-government that a territory has, to act very firmly when there are improprieties like this?
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.
