Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ascension Island – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 November 1965.
Mr John Biggs-Davison
, Chigwell
12:00,
4 November 1965
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about United States' rights and facilities in Ascension.
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.
