Oral Answers to Questions — Aviation. – in the House of Commons at on 14 November 1934.
Mr Borras Whiteside
, Leeds South
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is precluded by the existing agreement between His Majesty's Government and Imperial Airways from sending mail by other British aircraft operating companies to foreign and Empire countries?
Mr Ernest Bennett
, Cardiff Central
The existing agreements between His Majesty's Government and Imperial Airways do not specifically preclude the sending of mail by other air lines, but the policy of the Government, generally speaking, is to utilise the services of Imperial Airways for the carriage of mails to Empire countries so far as is reasonable and practicable.
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.
