Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 November 1965.
Mr Frank Allaun
, Salford East
12:00,
3 November 1965
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now make a statement on progress towards the proposed cuts in arms ependiture; and if he will state the approximate total expenditure he intends for 1966–67.
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.
