Oral Answers to Questions — League of Nations. – in the House of Commons at on 14 September 1931.
Mr Arthur Dixey
, Penrith and Cockermouth
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proportion of the cost of maintaining the League of Nations Council is borne by this country?
Mr Anthony Eden
, Warwick and Leamington
The expenses of the Council of the League of Nations are accounted for in the general budget of the League, and I regret that no separate estimate is available. Since the travelling and maintenance expenses of the delegates are met by their respective Governments, the actual cost of the Council falling on the League is presumably quite insignificant.
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.
