Oral Answers to Questions — Russia. – in the House of Commons at on 9 December 1929.
Captain Harry Crookshank
, Gainsborough
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Soviet Government has agreed to the request of the Dominion Governments that the guarantees against propaganda should be made applicable to them?
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Burnley
The question of the exchange of guarantees against propaganda between His Majesty's Governments in the Dominions and the Soviet Government is still the subject of negotiation between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, in consultation with His Majesty's Governments in the Dominions, and the Soviet Government.
Captain Harry Crookshank
, Gainsborough
Did not the right hon. Gentleman say that the Ambassador would not go to Moscow until the matter had been settled?
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Burnley
No, I never said anything of the kind.
Captain Harry Crookshank
, Gainsborough
Oh yes, you did.
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.
