Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 24 January 1940.
Mr Alfred Denville
, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the scheme to take over the Hastings Pier Theatre has now been abandoned?
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
Yes, Sir.
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.