Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Police – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 August 1947.
Mr Philip Piratin
, Stepney Mile End
12:00,
7 August 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the estimate of the size of the crowd at the meeting of the British League of Ex-Service men at Ridley Road, Hackney, on 13th July; and why was it necessary to maintain on duty 35 police officers for this meeting.
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.
