Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Iran. – in the House of Commons at on 1 October 1941.
Mr Philip Noel-Baker
, Derby
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government are prepared to give any assistance towards medical aid for war victims in China?
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.