[HPforGrownups] Re: British Govt Question

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3349

Joywitch wrote:

>
> One thing I was wondering about, Penny, is that maybe the Ministry of
> Magic is PART of the British government.  After all, it is called the
> MINISTRY, which is the same as what we in the US would call a
> DEPARTMENT, like the Department of Education.

I sort of got the impression it was a part of the British government, else
why would Fudge have been able to brief the "Muggle Prime Minister" about
Black? I assume the wizarding world's existence is a need-to-know thing in
the higher circles of Muggle government.

--Amanda