Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Tanganyika. – in the House of Commons at on 6 July 1925.
Mr Walter Forrest
, Batley and Morley
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the complaints of British traders as to the inadequacy of rolling stock in Uganda and East Africa; will he state why orders for such rolling stock are not placed and executed more promptly in this country, especially with a view to the relief of unemployment; whether the policy of the Crown Agents is to indent for such rolling stock well in advance to meet the certain requirements of subsequent years; and whether the whole system of Crown Agents' control of railways can be overhauled?
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.
