Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 12 December 1939.
Mr William Dobbie
, Rotherham
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the difficulty and inconvenience experienced by men of the Armed Forces when proceeding on leave, by the fact that their railway warrants compel them to travel by specific railway routes, in many instances causing long delay and waiting at railway stations; and will he make some arrangements whereby their warrants will allow them to travel by any route that takes them to their home?
Sir Victor Warrender
, Grantham
My right hon. Friend is obliged to the hon. Member for his suggestion, and effect has been given to it.
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.
