Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 19 November 1941.
Wing Commander Archibald James
, Wellingborough
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, having regard to the fact that members of the Home Guard are issued with overcoats, he will arrange for an adequate supply of warm clothing to be issued to members of the Observer Corps who put in a certain minimum of time in manning posts?
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.
