Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 28 July 1959.
Mr William Ross
, Kilmarnock
12:00,
28 July 1959
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps have been taken, and if he is satisfied of their adequacy, to ensure in Ayrshire secondary schools sufficient places for the increased numbers passing from the primary schools.
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.
