Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 February 1947.
Mr Stephen Taylor
, Barnet
12:00,
11 February 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War under what conditions a boy of 14 years of age can voluntarily enlist in the army for 16 years' service; and whether such conditions permit of any break in that service.
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.
