Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Mai 1947.
Lieut-Colonel Granville Sharp
, Spen Valley
12:00,
13 Mai 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War what economies in manpower have been achieved to date as a result of the investigations into the methods and processes in Ordnance establishments; and what further economies are anticipated.
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.