Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 December 1973.
Mr Douglas Jay
, Battersea North
12:00,
20 December 1973
As the Minister persistently seeks to mislead the House by pretending that the Government are not responsible for a large part of the rise in food prices in recent months, will the hon. Lady say whether her right hon. Friend voted on Monday night in favour of the Government's order introducing a number of new food taxes?
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.
