Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 6 December 1939.
Mr Neville Chamberlain
, Birmingham, Edgbaston
Questions on that subject should be addressed to the Secretary of State for War.
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.
