Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 20 Mai 1947.
Mr. De la Bère:
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in connection with help which is to be given by men serving in the army to assist agriculture during the 1947 harvest, those men who give up their leisure hours will be allowed to receive and retain any payments they may be able to obtain for services rendered in this connection.
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.
