Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 April 1987.
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
, Leigh
12:00,
1 April 1987
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest total of representations received by him in respect of his proposals for a community charge in England; what proportion was in favour; and what proportion was against.
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.