Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 June 1964.
Mr Benjamin Parkin
, Paddington North
12:00,
9 June 1964
Is the Minister aware how much satisfaction that reply gives to me personally, as it will, I am sure, in all parts of the House? Will he see that the widest publicity is given to this and that there is the widest adoption of this principle, because the adoption of this device would make much easier the mobility which, we know, is required if under-occupied and under-equipped dwellings are to be exchanged for others to permit of their restoration?
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.
