Oral Answers to Questions — Prisoners of War – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 February 1947.
Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
, Bedford
12:00,
25 February 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a statement about the service rendered by Poles and prisoners of war in helping to resolve the fuel crisis.
Mr Frederick Bellenger
, Bassetlaw
As arrangements are not made centrally I have no figures readily available of the number of Polish troops or prisoners of war who have been helping on the roads and railways during the fuel crisis, but I am sure that my right hon. Friends the Ministers of Fuel and Power and Transport join in welcoming the valuable assistance that has been and is being given from these services.
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.
