Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 27 March 1935.
Sir Alfred Beit
, St Pancras South East
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps it is proposed to take to fight against the present epidemic of malaria in Ceylon and to deal with the threatened food shortage?
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.
