Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons at on 19 December 1941.
Mr Richard Stokes
, Ipswich
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the name of the military spokesman in Cairo?
Mr Duncan Sandys
, Lambeth Norwood
It is not the normal practice to disclose the names of individual members of military staffs. However, in view of the attention which this matter has received in the House I propose to make an exception in the present case. The two officers who have ably discharged the difficult duties of military spokesmen in Cairo are Brigadier E. J. Shearer and Colonel C. D. Quilliam.
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.
