Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 29 April 1929.
Mr Harry Day
, Southwark Central
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of money which was expended for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date in obtaining the advice of technical experts not permanently engaged in the Colonial Service in consultation with regard to matters of transport in the Crown Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandated Territories?
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.