Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1947.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison:
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the supply of British daily newspapers to B.A.O.R. is both irregular and inadequate; and if he will take steps to improve the arrangements for the distribution of British newspapers to units in Germany.
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.
