Part of Oral Answers to Questions — India – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 23 Awst 1945.
Mr Alexander Sloan
, South Ayrshire
12:00,
23 Awst 1945
asked the. Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will make a statement about the release of political prisoners and the withdrawal of the prohibitory orders in respect of political organisations, the right of assembly and of the movements of persons within British India.
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.
