Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons am ar 2 Gorffennaf 1925.
Sir Wilfred Sugden
, Hartlepools, The
asked the Secretary of State for Air what increase of commercial air machines have obtained in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and the United States of America for years 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924?
Sir Philip Sassoon
, Hythe
Figures for the number of commercial machines maintained at the dates specified are not readily available, but I am endeavouring to obtain the information asked for by my hon. Friend, and will communicate with him shortly on the subject.
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.
