Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 June 1964.
Mr Emanuel Shinwell
, Easington
12:00,
9 June 1964
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that only the other day I received information from the general secretary of a club union proposing to promote a petition throughout the country to be presented to the Minister because of the reluctance of local authorities to use this discretionary power?
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.
