Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Housing. – in the House of Commons at on 8 February 1940.
Hon. Hugh O'Neill
, Antrim
Yes, Sir. We are in consultation with the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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.
