selects the other ministers. In the Westminster system, these ministers continue to represent their constituency in parliament while being part of the government. Individuals who are not in parliament may be appointed as a minister, usually in order to bring special skills to the government. In the United Kingdom, a government minister does not have to be a member of either House of Parliament. In practice, however, convention is that ministers must be members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords in order to be accountable to Parliament. From time to time, Prime Ministers appoint non-parliamentarians as ministers. In recent years such ministers have been appointed to the House of Lords. Types of ministers and their name Various countries form ministries as Cabinets (see List of cabinets). Other cabinets are usually included in Politics of ..-articles Lists of incumbents groups lists of ministers by country Specific ministers include: Agriculture minister Commerce minister Communications minister Culture minister Defence minister Deputy prime minister Education minister Energy minister Environment minister Finance minister Foreign minister Housing minister Health minister Industry minister Interior minister Justice minister Labour minister Prime minister Public works minister Science minister Sports minister Tourism minister Transport minister Some ministers may hold multiple portfolios and lead several ministries simultaneously, while multiple ministers with separate portfolios may oversee a single ministry, or may also share both ministerial and deputy-ministerial portfolios in different ministries. A cabinet minister can sometimes be in charge of no ministry at all, and is then known as a "minister without portfolio". See also Minister of the Crown Ministry (government department) Ministry (collective executive) Notes References Government occupations