Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 3 July 1935.
Sir John Power
, Wimbledon
asked the Secretary of State for Air what were the total number of officers and other ranks recruited for the Royal Air Force in the last three months?
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.