Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 June 1964.
Mr Alan Brown
, Tottenham
12:00,
4 June 1964
Is my hon. Friend aware that that figure seems slightly higher than the figure for the corresponding period last year? Is she aware that as long ago as July, 1960, the then Minister of State, Home Department, promised the House that steps would be taken to end this out-dated practice of remanding children to prison?
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.
