Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons am ar 3 Gorffennaf 1935.
Sir Walter Liddall
, Lincoln
asked the Secretary of State for Air, whether he can give any assurance that the prospects of promotion for officers and men of the Royal Air Force serving abroad will not be detrimentally affected by the sanctioned increase in home establishments, and that no suitable man serving abroad will be passed over in favour of airmen immediately available for promotion because serving at home?
Mr Philip Lloyd-Greame
, Hendon
Yes, Sir. My hon. Friend may rest assured that the claims of officers and airmen serving abroad will be in no way prejudiced.
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.
