Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 15 October 1941.
Captain John McEwen
, Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement on the present position at Jibuti?
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.
