– in the House of Commons at on 9 April 1941.
Mr Frederick Cocks
, Broxtowe
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will place a copy of the Hoare-Suner provisional agreement on Tangier in the Library, together with a translation?
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
I explained to the hon. Member last week that the substance of the agreement has been communicated to the House. I will certainly discuss the hon. Member's suggestion with my right hon. Friend on his return.
Mr Frederick Cocks
, Broxtowe
Will the right hon. Gentleman say what there is in this document, if there is a document, which makes it so improper that even Members of Parliament are not allowed to read it?
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
There is nothing improper in it at all. There are a few technical matters in addition to the substance of the agreement, which I have given to the House. I should prefer to mention this matter to my right hon. Friend on his return, and I will put the suggestion to him. There is no mystery.
Mr Philip Noel-Baker
, Derby
Is it not desirable that this agreement should be published at the earliest possible date?
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.
