Part of Oral Answers to Questions — India – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 March 1947.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Kingswinford
12:00,
17 March 1947
The Secretary of State is responsible for all those who are members of his Services, and he would certainly accept responsibility for securing any compensation payable to those serving with the Armed Forces.
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.
