Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force – in the House of Commons at on 14 April 1943.
Sir Lindsay Everard
, Melton
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is the intention of the Government to maintain the Air Training Corps after the termination of the war?
Sir Archibald Sinclair
, Caithness and Sutherland
Yes, Sir. That is the present intention.
Sir William Brass
, Clitheroe
Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the importance of giving these lads an opportunity of visiting the Dominions after the war?
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.