Oral Answers to Questions — Palestine – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1947.
Sir Edward Keeling
, Twickenham
12:00,
17 December 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about the future of the Palestine Currency Board.
Mr. Creech Jones:
The question will have to be discussed with the United Nations Committee, but I see no reason to doubt that the existing Board will continue to function, in the interests of holders of currency and Palestine generally, pending an orderly transition to whatever arrangements may in due course be made for the future management of the currency of Palestine.
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.
