Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 June 1964.
Mr Stanley McMaster
, Belfast East
12:00,
10 June 1964
Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Minister of Aviation told me last week that, in certain cases, it takes up to 10 years between the formulation of a requirement and the plane coming into service? Is my right hon. Friend satisfied that we have enough transport aircraft now on order to meet our requirements in the mid-1970s and beyond?
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.
