Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1947.
Mr Tufton Beamish
, Lewes
12:00,
17 December 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the petrol supply for the British occupation authorities in Germany has partially broken down; and what steps are being taken to remedy this state of affairs.
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.
