Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 May 1960.
Mr Tom Driberg
, Barking
12:00,
18 May 1960
asked the Secretary of State for Air what will be the size of the three large balls which are to form part of the Fylingdales early-warning station.
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.
