Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Chwefror 1924.
Mr Tom Smith
, Pontefract
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the nature of the replies received by the Government of India in response to the circular letter sent out to all local government administrations in June, 1923, on the question of the employment of women in mines and the introduction of a system of shifts?
Mr Robert Richards
, Wrecsam
The Secretary of State would not in the ordinary course receive copies of the replies until they are complete. He has at present no information as to the nature of the replies nor whether any have yet been received, but I will let my hon. Friend know when information is available.
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.
