Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 10 Ebrill 1945.
Mr Alexander Sloan
, South Ayrshire
12:00,
10 Ebrill 1945
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the resentment caused in Scotland by the circular from his Department recommending the deportation of infants from the schools in Scotland, to places outside their towns, villages and counties, for the purpose of harvesting the potato crop in, the autumn of this year; and if he will withdraw this circular.
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.
