Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 20 February 1940.
Mr Douglas Clifton Brown
, Hexham
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any arrangements are being made, as in the last war, for Ger- man prisoners to be hired out for manual labour on estates and farms, or by contractors for works of afforestation, agricultural operations, land drainage, road making, etc.; and whether suitable prisoners' camps will be organised for these purposes in various parts of the country?
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.
