Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 June 1964.
Mr George Jeger
, Goole
12:00,
10 June 1964
Is not this Report a scandalous exposure of inefficiency on the part of the Ministry? Can the Minister explain how these frauds could have gone undetected for the period of four years revealed in this Report and why orders for this fuel oil should have been 50 per cent. in excess of actual consumption? Were no records kept? Was there no control or check at the Ministry? Was not the inefficiency going down to the bottom right from the top?
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.
