Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons at on 5 December 1939.
Mr Clement Attlee
, Stepney Limehouse
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether the Government have supported the request of the Finnish Government for a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations and whether he has any statement to make?
Mr Neville Chamberlain
, Birmingham, Edgbaston
The action of the Finnish Government was taken on their own initiative. The Secretary-General of the League has transmitted to His Majesty's Government the Finnish Government's request that the Council and Assembly should be convoked. The Council has accordingly been summoned for Saturday next, 9th December. It is anticipated that the Assembly will meet on Monday, the 11th. His Majesty's Government will be represented by my right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who will make a statement on their behalf at the meetings.
Miss Ellen Wilkinson
, Jarrow
Have the Government sent any protest to the Government in Berlin. [HON. MEMBERS: "Moscow."] Have the Government as yet sent any protest to the Governments in Berlin and Moscow for the violation of Finnish territory?
Mr William Gallacher
, Fife Western
When the meeting of the League takes place, will the right hon. Gentleman draw attention to the fact that the British Government are carrying on a war to get a Government suitable to themselves in Germany, and that there is ample justification for the Soviet getting a Government in Finland that will ensure the defence of the Gulf of Finland?
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.
