Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons at on 4 March 1929.
Mr Arthur Shepherd
, Darlington
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the terms of reference of the committee to be set up by the Government of India to inquire into banking conditions in India; and if the personnel of the committee has been decided upon?
Viscount Turnour
, Horsham and Worthing
No decision has yet been taken as to the form of the proposed inquiry or as to the personnel to be employed on it.
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.
