Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 9 April 1941.
Sir Adam Maitland
, Faversham
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware of the opinion in some quarters that the importance of the work of the Observer Corps has not been sufficiently recognised; and whether he is able to inform the House of the results of his recent inquiries into general matters affecting the Observer Corps, and of any proposals of improvement it is intended should be made?
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.
