Oral Answers to Questions — Post Office. – in the House of Commons at on 1 March 1928.
Sir Percy Hurd
, Devizes
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has yet conferred with the elective representatives of the Court of Policy of British Guiana who are now in this country; and with what result?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
I met the Elected Members' Delegation on the 18th February, and, after hearing them, informed them that I adhered to the decision that the Constitution must be modified so as to secure ultimate control to the Secretary of State; that a Bill to enable a new Constitution to be enacted would be introduced into Parliament forthwith; and that I should be prepared to consider very carefully their suggestions with regard to the details of the new Constitution.
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.
