Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons at on 19 November 1941.
Lieut-Colonel Sir William Wayland
, Canterbury
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will, during the duration of the war, extend the payment of fares to air cadets from the age of 16 to 18 considering the number of cadets who have joined at the later age and who have, in many instances, to make long journeys to their headquarters?
Sir Archibald Sinclair
, Caithness and Sutherland
A review is shortly to be undertaken of the financial arrangements governing the Air Training Corps, and my hon. Friend's suggestion will then be considered.
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.