Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons at on 8 April 1941.
Mr Neil Maclean
, Glasgow Govan
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is satisfied that the district committees are fulfilling properly the duties for which they were appointed?
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.