Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1947.
Sir Norman Hulbert
, Stockport
12:00,
8 July 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War how many British troops now remain in North Africa; and to what extent these numbers are likely to be reduced in the near future.
Mr John Freeman
, Watford
Apart from Egypt, the only British troops in North Africa are stationed in Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. It would be contrary to practice to give the number of these troops. They are being reduced in proportion to the general run down of the army.
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.
