Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 29 April 1929.
Lieut-Colonel Charles Howard-Bury
, Chelmsford
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the nationalities of Mr. Rutenberg and Mr. Novomeysky when they applied for the Palestinian concessions and their nationality when the grant of these concessions was approved in principle?
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.
