Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 February 1991.
David Marshall
, Glasgow Shettleston
12:00,
11 February 1991
When does the Secretary of State expect to announce his decision on the Civil Aviation Authority's advice? Will it be before or after he concludes his negotiations with the Americans on bilateral agreements?
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.
