Part of Oral Answers to Questions — India – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 March 1947.
Mr Arthur Henderson
, Kingswinford
12:00,
17 March 1947
I am sure that, if the right hon. Gentleman will await the announcement which will be made shortly, he will not necessarily take it that nothing concrete came out of my recent visit to India. At the moment, I cannot go beyond the statement set out in my reply.
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.
