Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport. – in the House of Commons am ar 27 Medi 1939.
Mr John Remer
, Macclesfield
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the noise caused at night and early morning by the grinding of brakes by omnibuses and motor lorries for continuous periods which closely resemble air-raid warnings; and, as these noises can easily be avoided, will he take steps to prevent such inconveniences?
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.
