Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland. – in the House of Commons am ar 6 Rhagfyr 1926.
Mr Alexander Livingstone
, Ross and Cromarty
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will bear in mind, when negotiating the new mail contracts for the Hebridean mail services, the necessity for providing for the accommodation of the increasing tourist traffic, especially to the more distant islands?
Mr John Gilmour
, Glasgow Pollok
I have been asked to reply. All aspects of the traffic to the islands will be borne in mind.
Mr Alexander Livingstone
, Ross and Cromarty
Will the Secretary of State for Scotland do what he can to raise the present low standard of ships carrying mails to the islands?
Mr John Gilmour
, Glasgow Pollok
Oh, yes we are now actively engaged in negotiations.
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.
