Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 July 1947.
Lieut-Colonel David Rees-Williams
, Croydon South
12:00,
10 July 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations in the Roche Report with reference to the salaries and conditions of service of assistant clerks to justices, and their superannuation and the compulsory retirement of clerks to justices at the age of 72 years.
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.