Oral Answers to Questions — Russia. – in the House of Commons am ar 30 Mehefin 1924.
Mr Walter Ayles
, Bristol North
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he hopes to make his statement on the attitude of the Government towards the draft treaty of mutual assistance to be discussed by the League of Nations; and whether the House will have an opportunity to discuss the statement?
Mr Ramsay Macdonald
, Aberafan
I regret that it is impossible to reply at present.
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.