Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 July 2017.
Derek Thomas
Conservative, St Ives
12:00,
10 July 2017
On that note, as the MP with RNAS Culdrose in my Constituency, may I ask the Secretary of State for an update on airpower capability and training for the new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier?
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.
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