Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 9 September 1941.
Commander Robert Bower
, Cleveland
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the armistice conditions regarding the return of prisoners taken by the Vichy forces in Syria have now been fulfilled; and whether any further retaliatory action for the breach of these conditions is in contemplation?
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.
