Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 May 1947.
Mr Robert Boothby
, Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern
12:00,
12 May 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any decisions have been reached by the joint Anglo-U.S. authority regarding the importation of fish to Germany during the remainder of this year.
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.
