Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 October 1947.
Mr Richard Stokes
, Ipswich
12:00,
27 October 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the continued dismantling of works carrying out locomotive repairs in the British zone is being allowed, in view of the insufficient repairing capacity which is now available.
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.
