Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 14 Mehefin 1933.
Sir Robert Gower
, Rochester Gillingham
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state how many visits of inspection were made by the police and the inspectors under the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act, 1926, to the performing animal training establishments at Burnt Stub, Chessington, Surrey; Burstow Lodge, Horley, Surrey; Belmore Farm, Hayes, Middlesex; Brown's Farm, Ascot, Berks; and Tanfield Farm, Cheshunt, Herts, respectively, during the past 18 months?
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.
