Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 June 1964.
Mr Emrys Hughes
, South Ayrshire
12:00,
15 June 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by whom Her Majesty's Government were represented at the opening of the Aswan dam.
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.