Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 May 1947.
Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
, Bedford
12:00,
12 May 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the increasingly serious food situation in the Anglo-United States area of Germany; and if he will make a statement indicating the steps contemplated to prevent its further deterioration.
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.
