Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 May 1947.
Brigadier Ralph Rayner
, Totnes
12:00,
13 May 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the military authorities in Palestine have brought to his notice the threat of the Irgun Zvai Leumi to hang any British soldier they capture in future; and if he will make a statement.
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.
