Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 February 1947.
Mr William Wells
, Walsall
12:00,
25 February 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will cause an instruction to be issued to all units of the army making it clear that all ranks are entitled to write to Members of Parliament without permission from their military superiors.
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.
