Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:14 am on 9 November 2023.
Rosie Winterton
Deputy Speaker (First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means)
11:14,
9 November 2023
I thank the Secretary of State for her statement.
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.