Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 1964.
Mr Nigel Fisher
, Surbiton
12:00,
11 December 1964
Would the right hon. Gentleman agree that it would be very difficult, particularly in the tribal areas of the Federation, to have straight away a ballot-box type of election, which, in connection with a unitary State, would appear to be necessary? Could the right hon. Gentleman comment on that?
To come back to the bomb incidents, can the right hon. Gentleman give the House some information as to the responsibility for these outrages, which killed two British Service men and wounded many more? Have the assailants been apprehended and, if so, will they now be brought to trial?
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.
