Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 10 December 1941.
Colonel Josiah Wedgwood
, Newcastle-under-Lyme
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government propose yet to break off relations with Finland, as requested by the Soviet Government?
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.
