Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 November 2018.
Rachael Maskell
Shadow Minister (Transport)
12:00,
26 November 2018
In the light of the record 8,840 shortfall in armed forces personnel, most marked in the army, which is a staggering 5,870 troops short, when will the Secretary of State recruit to the full quota of regular personnel?
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.
