Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Malaya and Singapore – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 22 Ionawr 1947.
Lieut-Colonel David Rees-Williams
, Croydon South
12:00,
22 Ionawr 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a further statement on the progress of the negotiations in relation to the constitutional issue in British Malaya.
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.
