Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisoners of War – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 December 1947.
Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
, Bedford
12:00,
9 December 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a statement about the make-up of and conditions attaching to the extra post-free parcels he is allowing prisoners of war to sent to Germany this Christmas.
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.
