Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Mai 1947.
Mr Percy Shurmer
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
12:00,
13 Mai 1947
There was a statement made in this House by the Secretary of State for War—and it was also given to me in writing—that the documents appertaining to the court martial of one man were destroyed. How can the authorities find out where that man is?
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.
