Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 24 January 1940.
Mr Albert Alexander
, Sheffield, Hillsborough
I hope the Under-Secretary of State is not going to set up aunt sallies in order to knock them down again. We have not charged him with discourtesy, and my hon. Friends the Members for Sedgefield (Mr. Leslie) and Clayton (Mr. Jagger) are still here to listen to the Under-Secretary's answer.
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.
