Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 April 1948.
Mr Arthur Molson
, High Peak
12:00,
20 April 1948
asked the Secretary of State for War when he will enforce the interim injunction against the squatters occupying the Empire Hotel, Buxton; and whether he is aware that conditions in the hotel endanger the health of the residents of Buxton as well as that of the squatters themselves.
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.
