Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Egypt – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 February 1954.
Mr Eric Johnson
, Manchester, Blackley
12:00,
17 February 1954
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action has been taken about the complaint to the Security Council by the Israeli Government in regard to the stopping of ships by Egypt in the Suez Canal; and the policy of Her Majesty's Government in regard to this complaint.
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.
