Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1947.
Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
, Bedford
12:00,
17 December 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will revise the arrangement in Germany under which British personnel are allowed petrol to cover 500 miles of recreational transport each month.
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.
