Part of The Secretary of State Was Asked – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 March 2017.
Oliver Heald
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
12:00,
7 March 2017
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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.
