Oral Answers to Questions — Palestine. – in the House of Commons am ar 29 Mawrth 1939.
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many lives were lost in Palestine, due to Arab terrorist activities, during the period covering the conversations in London between His Majesty's Government and the Arab and Jewish delegations?
Mr Thomas Inskip
, Fareham
Information is not available in the form desired. I will ask the High Commissioner whether it can be furnished.
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.
