Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 3 November 2009.
Tom Clarke
Labour, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
2:30,
3 November 2009
What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on proposals to ensure the Government meet a target of allocating 0.7 per cent. of gross national income to overseas development assistance by 2013.
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.
