Part of Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons at on 11 March 1935.
Captain Albert Fuller
, Manchester Ardwick
asked the Secretary of State for India what was the object of appointing the War Block Committee in connection with the present scheme for the retirement of British officers of the Indian Army?
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.