Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons at on 5 June 1939.
Mr Robert Gibson
, Greenock
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in what form court dues are collected in sheriff courts in Scotland; what official collects these dues; when, and to what quarter, he accounts for dues so collected; and what portion he retains as a fee or fees to himself?
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.
