Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Palestine. – in the House of Commons at on 22 April 1929.
Lieut-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury
, Chelmsford
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any telegrams or communications from the. Supreme Moslem Council protesting against the grant of the Dead Sea Concession to Mr. Novomeysky; and whether he is taking any action to safeguard Mohammedan interests?
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.
