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Part of Adjournment – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 4:00 pm on 10 September 2024.

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Photo of Steve Aiken Steve Aiken UUP 4:00, 10 September 2024

I gave that indulgence to talk to the Health Minister, but he is a very approachable person. You can talk to him fairly normally most of the time.

I call Deborah Erskine, who has up to seven minutes.

Minister

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.