Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 March 1947.
Mr Arthur Lewis
, West Ham Upton
12:00,
12 March 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will make a statement concerning the interview that took place between him and the National Delegation of Cyprus on 7th February, 1947, on the claim of the people of Cyprus to self-determination and union with Greece.
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.
