Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 February 1954.
Mr Hector Hughes
, Aberdeen North
12:00,
17 February 1954
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is yet in a position to make a full statement on the present position of the fisheries dispute between the British and Icelandic Governments.
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.
