Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 October 1949.
Lieut-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore
, Ayr District of Burghs
12:00,
20 October 1949
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what views have been expressed by the Governments of the Commonwealth countries in regard to the devaluation of the pound sterling.
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.
