Oral Answers to Questions — Ireland. – in the House of Commons am ar 13 Gorffennaf 1922.
Colonel Sir Walter De Frece
, Ashton-under-Lyne
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether Tibet has asked for the loan of British advisers in any capacity; and whether, in that event, any recommendations are being made or have been made?
Viscount Turnour
, Horsham and Worthing
The only request of this kind hitherto received from the Tibetan Government was for the temporary loan of the services of a mining expert. Arrangements were made accordingly for Sir Henry Hayden, late Director of the Indian Geological Survey, to pay a visit to Tibet.
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.
