Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Building and Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 June 1964.
Mr Charles Pannell
, Leeds West
12:00,
22 June 1964
Although we can take the Minister's figures overall, I remember reading in the technical Press only a week or two ago that there was a shortage in Scotland. The Minister says that he is satisfied with the overall position, but is he equally satisfied that it is uniform throughout the country? He will appreciate that areas of unemployment might be made worse if we had this sort of thing.
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.
