Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons at on 8 April 1941.
Mr Kenneth Lindsay
, Kilmarnock
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average age of children in the camp schools; and how many places are not filled?
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.