Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 March 1947.
Mr David Gammans
, Hornsey
12:00,
19 March 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will give an explanation of the incorrect weather forecasts given by his Department during the recent cold spell.
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.
