Oral Answers to Questions — Aviation. – in the House of Commons at on 6 February 1929.
Mr Ernest Thurtle
, Shoreditch
asked the Secretary of State for Air if it is customary for the Air Force to accept recruits for service under assumed names when it is known that such names are assumed?
Mr Samuel Hoare
, Chelsea
There can hardly be said to be anything "customary" in a matter of this kind, but it is well recog- nised that men do enlist in assumed names, for a variety of reasons, and definite provision is made in the regulations that a man who has done so may subsequently have his true name recorded by making a statutory declaration in the prescribed form.
Mr Ernest Thurtle
, Shoreditch
Will the right hon. Gentleman answer my question as to whether the Air Force accept a recruit when they know that he is using an assumed name?
Mr Samuel Hoare
, Chelsea
The answer is, "Yes, they do."
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.
