Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Aden – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 February 1964.
Mr. Laughlin:
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many of the persons now detained in Aden are members of the Aden Trades Union Congress or leading officials of individual trades unions; how many are known to be leading Members of the People's Socialist Party of Aden; and if he will make a statement.
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.