Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisoners of War – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 11 Chwefror 1947.
Mr Tom Driberg
, Maldon
12:00,
11 Chwefror 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that earnings credited to German prisoners for their work in Britain can be cashed by them, on repatriation, only at the prewar exchange rate of 13 marks to£1; and if he will make arangements to enable them to obtain at least the official occupation rate of 40 marks to £1.
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.
