Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.
Mr Edwin Gooch
, Norfolk Northern
12:00,
8 December 1949
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to assist rural parishes financially in cases where the cost of parish council elections absorbs most of the parish's total yearly income.
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.
