Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Power – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 June 1964.
Mr Victor Yates
, Birmingham, Ladywood
12:00,
11 June 1964
Does not the Minister realise that in this long list relating to Birmingham there are many widows and old-age pensioners? Even the answers of the board quote the case of a widow, aged 64, who is ill, in whose case the efforts on the part of the police have had no result, and yet the board says that it is not yet putting on pressure to get 10s. a week in respect of a bill for £5 14s. Is it not time for an inquiry into this situation?
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.
