Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 24 July 1935.
Brigadier-General John Nation
, Kingston upon Hull East
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how far the western terminus of the railway in Eritrea is from the Sudan and Abyssinian boundaries?
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.
