Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 27 October 2005.
Mark Harper
Conservative, Forest of Dean
10:30,
27 October 2005
Has the Minister read the poem "Nothing's Changed" by Tatamkhulu Africa? It appears on the GCSE English literature syllabus and it advocates the bombing of a restaurant to advance social change. Does she think that teachers who teach the poem should be jailed under the proposed Terrorism Bill?
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.
