Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 8 April 1941.
Sir Geoffrey Mander
, Wolverhampton East
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give par- ticulars of the recent removal by air of Italian civilians from Italian Somaliland and state what negotiations took place on the subject; and how many persons have been removed?
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.
