Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 May 1947.
Mr Ellis Smith
, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke
12:00,
20 May 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War the names of people who asked, and dates when his Department's representatives were asked, for the release of urgently required building materials contained in the dumps in the North-West area; the dates upon which other Government Departments made representations; and the answers given.
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.