Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 November 1973.
Mr Robert Maclennan
Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)
12:00,
21 November 1973
If the Minister recognises, as he apparently does from his reply to the last Question, that the oil-related development in the Moray Firth area calls for an improvement in the roads, why does he not now put into the Government's rolling programme the scheme for bridging the Dornoch Firth and rerouting the A9 north of Tain?
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.
