Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 June 1964.
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
, Kinross and West Perthshire
12:00,
23 June 1964
I received from the Chairman of the Governors on 12th June a letter which was evidently sent to a number of hon. Members. I have asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to deal with it.
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.
