Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 October 1947.
Mr Arthur Skeffington
, Lewisham West
12:00,
28 October 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War in what capacity Italians are being employed by the British Military Administration in Eritrea; and for what reasons.
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.