Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:19 pm on 7 July 2009.
David Davis
Conservative, Haltemprice and Howden
10:19,
7 July 2009
I do not wish to interrupt the Minister's peroration, but I put the question in three parts, one of which was whether he would undertake to look in the places that I indicated—in the agencies and the in- camera proceedings that are all available to him—and confirm things for himself. What he says are unfounded allegations, I believe to be facts.
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.
