Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 21 February 1940.
Mr. Jagger asked:
the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now give the date when the report of the Royal Commission on the West Indies will be published?
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.
