Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Colonial Empire – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 December 1949.
Mr. H. D. Hughes:
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds the British delegation to the General Assembly voted against the principle of equal education for children of all races in non-self-governing territories.
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.
