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
It is quite true to say that two pledges have been given that compensation will be paid to members of the Secretary of State's Services; the first, in 1945, was given by Mr. Amery, and the second, a reaffirmation of that pledge, was given by my noble Friend.
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.
