Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 4 July 2017.
Carwyn Jones
Labour
2:07,
4 July 2017
Well, one thing that I can tell the Member is that we’re not going to reconsider that target. The focus now is to ensure that we take action on that target and consider which regulations will be required in order to achieve that. As regards how we proceed, of course we wish to ensure that we proceed with the regulations on the carbon budgets, and we have to consider what the correct levels would be for doing that. And, of course, those levels will be established on evidence emanating from the consultative body.
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.
