Part of Oral Answers to Questions — China. – in the House of Commons at on 24 May 1937.
Mr Adrian Moreing
, Preston
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what replies he has received from the Japanese Government to his repeated representations on the subject of smuggling in North China?
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.
