Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wembley Stadium. – in the House of Commons am ar 2 Mai 1923.
Lieut-Colonel Maurice Alexander
, Southwark South East
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the very large number of people who attended last Saturday's cup final match at Wembley and the heavy list of casualties, whether he will take steps to effectually protect the public in the future and to see that the Football Association and their agents, the Stadium authorities, and transportation companies do not carry to any match a crowd twice the size of the capacity of the ground; whether sufficient police were engaged at Wembley; and, if sufficient in number, if they were wisely distributed?
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.