Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Kenya. – in the House of Commons at on 8 March 1939.
Mr George Lathan
, Sheffield Park
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make a statement on the progress of the scheme for Jewish settlement in Kenya recommended by the Committee on Closer Settlement in its recent report?
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.
