Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons at on 5 December 1939.
Mr George Mathers
, Linlithgowshire
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will assist in retaining evacuated children in the receiving areas during the Christmas holiday period by making an addition to the billeting allowance for one or two weeks at that time?
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.
