Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 July 2017.
Stephen Doughty
Labour/Co-operative, Cardiff South and Penarth
12:00,
10 July 2017
Further to that last question, figures released to me last week by the Secretary of State’s Department in a written answer show that recruitment to our infantry fell by 18% in the last year alone. Does he not accept that not giving a fair pay rise is having a direct impact on recruitment?
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.
