Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 24 January 1940.
Mr Oliver Simmonds
, Birmingham Duddeston
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can make any statement regarding the recent loss of an Imperial Airways flying boat in the Mediterranean?
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
An investigation into the cause of this accident is now in progress and I am therefore not in a position to make a statement at the present time.
Mr Oliver Simmonds
, Birmingham Duddeston
Will my right hon. Friend carefully investigate whether in fact the route now adopted by these flying boats is more hazardous from a meteorological point of view than the route adopted in peace-time, and, if necessary, consider the question of adopting some modified route?
Sir Kingsley Wood
, Woolwich West
Yes, Sir. I will see to that matter myself.
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.
