Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 November 1965.
Mr Hector Monro
, Dumfriesshire
12:00,
3 November 1965
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has accepted the offer of Messrs. Babtie, Shaw and Morton to undertake a feasibility study of the Solway Firth Barrage at a cost of £300,000; when the study will begin; and when it should be completed.
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.
