Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Tanganyika. – in the House of Commons at on 6 July 1925.
Colonel Sir Walter De Frece
, Blackpool
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Crown Agents have, for the railways under their control, to anticipate the needs of commercial development in the near future by placing in advance orders for rolling stock; whether this policy has been followed with regard to the Uganda Railway; and, if so, what is the reason for the suggested shortage of trucks?
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.
