Oral Answers to Questions — Poles, United Kingdom – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1947.
Mr Henry Hynd
, Hackney Central
12:00,
8 July 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War whether Polish troops in this country and the Polish Resettlement Corps are still receiving rations on the same scale as the British Army.
Mr John Freeman
, Watford
No, Sir.
Mr Henry Hynd
, Hackney Central
Do I understand that these men are now on the same ration scale as civilians?
Mr John Freeman
, Watford
They are not on exactly the same scale of rations, because military rations are not easy to reduce to terms which are comparable, but they are on a similar scale.
Mr Frank Beswick
, Uxbridge
Do these men pay for the rations they receive?
Mr John Freeman
, Watford
No, Sir.
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.
