Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 2 Gorffennaf 1947.
Brigadier Ralph Rayner
, Totnes
12:00,
2 Gorffennaf 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware of the rapid deterioration of the radar station at Start Point: and whether, in view of this deterioration and the injury caused by the station to local amenities, he will arrange for its early removal.
Mr Philip Noel-Baker
, Derby
I am happy to inform the hon. and gallant Member that arrangements are now being made for dismantling the station at Start Point. I am consulting with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Works and my right hon. Friend the Minister of Supply about the removal of the mast and of the huts.
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.
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