Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 14 Mehefin 1933.
Mr William Lunn
, Rothwell
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the increase or decrease in staff in the last two years in the following branches of the Colonial Service, administrative, medical, agricultural, public works, in Kenya, Nigeria and Malaya, respectively?
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.