– in the House of Commons at on 20 February 1940.
Mr Robert Gibson
, Greenock
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give an assurance that all soldiers mobilised and serving at home are suitably supplied with blankets?
Hon. Oliver Stanley
, Westmorland
Adequate stocks of blankets are available to meet requirements, and all soldiers should be suitably supplied. I have no information to the contrary effect.
Mr Robert Gibson
, Greenock
Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that in certain parts of Scotland there are serious apprehensions about this matter, and can he give an assurance that there are no grounds for those apprehensions?
Hon. Oliver Stanley
, Westmorland
I do not quite understand the hon. and learned Member. I have told the House that there are suitable stocks of blankets available and that every soldier should be suitably supplied. If the hon. Member has any information that there are, in fact, areas where they are not so supplied, I should be glad to have that information.
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.
