Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 November 1947.
Mr Philip Piratin
, Stepney Mile End
12:00,
3 November 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he consulted the Ruhr Trade Unions before appointing W. Roelen, a leading figure in the Nazi Economic hierarchy, as head of the Ruhr Coal Administration.
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.
