Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 July 1983.
Mr Gregor Mackenzie
, Glasgow Rutherglen
12:00,
13 July 1983
Will the Minister tell the SDA that land which was formerly used by the British Steel Corporation at Clydebridge and elsewhere in the GEAR area should continue to be used for industrial purposes and no other?
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.
