Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 15 October 1941.
Mr Anthony Eden
, Warwick and Leamington
As my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State informed my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Ayr Burghs (Sir T. Moore) on 24th July, His Majesty's Government have been obliged to take appropriate steps to ensure that the resources and territory of French Somaliland are not placed at the disposal of our enemies. To that statement I have at present nothing to add.
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.
