Part of Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons at on 24 May 1937.
Mr Henry White
, Birkenhead East
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is in a position to make any statement on the position in India since 8th April?
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.