– in the House of Commons am ar 1 Gorffennaf 1935.
Mr Harcourt Johnstone
, South Shields
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to state the result of the representations made by the India Office to the Colonial Office regarding the recent legislation affecting the clove industry in Zanzibar?
Mr R.A. Butler
, Saffron Walden
This is a matter which is now engaging the attention of my Noble Friend, and I am not at present in a position to make any statement.
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.
