Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 28 June 1933.
Sir Geoffrey Mander
, Wolverhampton East
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the present position in Northern China; what the terms of the recent armistice were; whether they have been carried out; and whether the League of Nations was in any way consulted or given information with regard to the proceedings?
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.