Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Building and Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 November 1964.
Sir Albert Costain
, Folkestone and Hythe
12:00,
9 November 1964
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works, in view of the fact that economies would be made in building costs and building programmes would be further accelerated if the recommendations of the Committee on Building Regulations were accepted, if he will introduce legislation to implement these recommendations.
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.
