Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 March 1947.
Mr Victor Collins
, Taunton
12:00,
25 March 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War if, in order to assist ex—Regular soldiers to start a new career, he will give them the option of commuting part of their long service pension into a lump sum payment.
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.
