– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.
Mr John Morrison
, Salisbury
12:00,
8 December 1949
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of enrolments since Civil Defence recruiting was opened.
Mr James Ede
, South Shields
This information is being collected and I hope to be able to publish some figures in about 10 days.
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.
