Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Colonial Empire. – in the House of Commons at on 25 October 1939.
Mr Wilfred Paling
, Wentworth
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the actions of Mr. Wallace Johnson which, as being likely to be prejudicial to public safety or defence, led to his detention under a Sierra Leone defence regulation?
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.
