Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 12 December 1939.
Sir James Henderson-Stewart
, Fife Eastern
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the instructions issued to commanding officers with regard to granting of leave to men whose relatives are seriously ill or who wish to attend the funerals of near relatives?
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.
