Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce. – in the House of Commons at on 5 March 1935.
Sir Geoffrey Mander
, Wolverhampton East
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any statement to make with reference to the recent attempted corner in shellac as affecting the Indian lac industry; and whether any action is proposed to prevent in future the disturbance caused by gambling and speculation on the London produce market to this important Indian industry?
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.
