Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Kenya. – in the House of Commons at on 30 June 1924.
Mr Robert Pilkington
, Keighley
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to announce the names of the members of the African Commission?
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.
