Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 February 1993.
Miss Betty Boothroyd
Speaker of the House of Commons
12:00,
2 February 1993
Order. [Interruption.] Order. The hon. Gentleman's remarks are completely out of order —and he paid no attention to me when I told him so. I call upon the Secretary of State to give a limited reply, provided that it does not relate to that part of the hon. Gentleman's question that was out of order.
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.
