Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:35 pm on 21 March 2019.
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
12:35,
21 March 2019
I can only repeat what I said earlier, which is that the Secretary of State and the Government, very much including the Prime Minister, want to see the Assembly up and running. That is an absolute priority and every effort is being made to achieve that. The noble Lord makes a very good point.
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.
