Oral Answers to Questions — India. – in the House of Commons am ar 6 Rhagfyr 1926.
Mr Ernest Thurtle
, Shoreditch
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he has now ascertained the present views of the Government of India regarding the continued detention of political prisoners under the Bengal Criminal Ordinance Act?
Viscount Turnour
, Horsham and Worthing
My Noble Friend does not expect before the Recess a reply to the reference made to the Government of India.
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.
