Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Public Building and Works – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 November 1964.
Mr James Scott-Hopkins
, North Cornwall
12:00,
9 November 1964
In the light of the statement last week by the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, what is the policy of the hon. Lady's Ministry concerning Government offices in future?
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.