Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 13 March 1929.
Mr Carlyon Bellairs
, Maidstone
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the obligation to evacuate foreign troops from Coblenz in 1930, whether any date has yet been fixed, or negotiations entered upon with France as to the date, in order to avoid the danger of foreign troops being in occupation of German territory after the agreed date?
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.