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This is also a US government position so why has it been labelled as a UK one only?Tourskin 23:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure this title exists in the USA seeing sas they do not have a Parliament but a Congress Penrithguy (talk) 19:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not this exact title, but "Under Secretary" is a title in the US Government. — Calebrw (talk) 03:44, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Membership in Parliament

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Ministers have to be Members of Parliament (either House of Lords or House of Commons) in the UK (Quote from House of Commons of the United Kingdom: "By convention, all ministers must be members of the House of Commons or House of Lords."). Does this apply only to Secretaries of State and Ministers of State? In other words: Do Under-Secretaries of State have to be Members of Parliament? In literature they are sometimes addressed as Minister, sometimes not. I am confused... - Dr. Dscho (talk) 08:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do believe that Under-Secretaries of State are generally Members of Parliament, though I am not really sure. However, the other point you raised made me wonder... Are Under-Secretaries of State addressed as Minister? If so, when did they start being addressed as such? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.69.250.50 (talk) 14:02, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about address, but in UK newspapers they are nearly always referred to as ministers. I don't know how far this dates back to. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 22:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

what do they do?

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Carry bags for senior ministers or what? Kaihsu (talk) 10:37, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]