Oral Answers to Questions — China. – in the House of Commons at on 28 July 1925.
Captain BENN:
47.asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that British manufactured munitions which have been held up by our Consular Service under the Chinese Arms Embargo Treaty, 1919, have subsequently been sold at scrap prices to other nationals and afterwards imported by them into China at greatly enhanced prices; and will he take steps to prevent a repetition of such proceedings?
Mr Ronald McNeill
, Canterbury
The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative In case the hon. Member has trustworthy information to the effect which he suggests, I shall be grateful if he will communicate it to me.
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.
