Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 8 December 1920.
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS:
96.asked the Secretary of State for War what number of men and women are now employéd for exhumation and other work, respectively, under the War Graves Commission; what is the annual cost of this personnel; whether any reduction is likely in the near future; and, if so, what?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
