Oral Answers to Questions — Palestine. – in the House of Commons at on 22 April 1929.
Mr Wilfred Wellock
, Stourbridge
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Workmen's Compensation Bill in Malaya has yet been passed?
Mr William Ormsby-Gore
, Stafford
Yes, Sir; the Bill was passed by the Federal Council on the 30th January.
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.
