Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 November 1965.
Sir Harwood Harrison
, Eye
12:00,
4 November 1965
Are not the Minister and his right hon. and learned Friend rather alarmed by this very low rate? Recruiting generally for the police force is good. If our Government Departments and big business have a leavening of university men, will not the Home Secretary—in view of the mounting crime wave—look again at the possibility of offering better financial rewards or accelerated promotion for recruited university graduates?
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.
