Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 November 2018.
Mary Glindon
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Farming and Rural Communities)
12:00,
26 November 2018
Despite the fact that Capita has failed to fulfil its contract for Army recruitment, letting down both the army and the taxpayer, the Government are now tendering to outsource veterans’ services as well. Does the Minister consider that the Government should be directly consulting and rewarding our veterans rather than multinational defence contractors who have proved time and again that they are incapable of delivering?
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.
