Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 July 1947.
Mr Richard Stokes
, Ipswich
12:00,
14 July 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Holland can deliver 200,000 tons of vegetables to Germany between the beginning of this month and next February; and what arrangements have been made for their exchange for German industrial products.
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.
