Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisoners of War – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 October 1947.
Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
, Bedford
12:00,
28 October 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War in what circumstances Heinz Lenz, a German prisoner of war, was killed in helping to clear a minefield at Selsea; and what action he has taken to arrange for compensation to his dependants, and to those of one of his comrades who was injured.
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.
