Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 23 Gorffennaf 1924.
Mr Anthony Eden
, Warwick and Leamington
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is yet in possession of information with reference to the recent attempt to set up a republican form of government in Persia; and whether he can make any statement on the subject?
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.