Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 1964.
Mr Anthony Greenwood
, Rossendale
12:00,
11 December 1964
It was a matter which arose in a number of the discussions which I had. This is a matter which I have left with the Joint Ministerial Committee that is sitting, and I have stressed the importance of reaching agreement on matters of the franchise and other issues of that kind. As the hon. Member knows, it is not an easy problem to settle, but I think that there was generally a readiness to reach agreement, which perhaps has been absent from some of the discussions in the past.
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.
