Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 June 1954.
Lieut-Colonel Sir Walter Bromley-Davenport
, Knutsford
12:00,
22 June 1954
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reconsider the method of dealing with the cases of ex-Service men who have contracted disabilities in their peace time service and whose cases are dealt with by the Chelsea Hospital authorities, in order that they may have a right of appeal to an independent tribunal if necessary, in the same way as ex-Service men who may have sustained their disability during war service.
Mr Anthony Head
, Carshalton
These are all cases which occurred before September, 1939, and it is not thought practicable to take this step.
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.
