Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Industry, Trade and Regional Development – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18 June 1964.
Mr Hector Hughes
, Aberdeen North
12:00,
18 June 1964
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will publish figures relating to the progress so far made in each region in implementing his plans for achieving a more even spread of economic activity throughout the country.
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.
