Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 November 1973.
Mr Tom Cox
, Wandsworth Central
12:00,
6 November 1973
I note that reply. Is the Minister aware of the deep sense of bitterness among disabled people because they are not to receive the £10 bonus to be paid to retired people? As paying them would cost only about £10 million, is it not time that the right hon. Gentleman re-thought his decision and included disabled people and the chronically sick?
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.
