Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 November 1973.
Sir Sydney Chapman
, Birmingham Handsworth
12:00,
19 November 1973
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on the world-wide shortage of newsprint, with particular reference to the situation in the United Kingdom, and the arrangements made to help newspapers in difficulty.
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.
