Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 17 Ebrill 1947.
Mr David Gammans
, Hornsey
12:00,
17 Ebrill 1947
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that Mr. Robert Eisinger, a Polish subject married to an Englishwoman and at present resident in this country, has been informed that he must go to Singapore before he can apply for British citizenship; and if, in view of the fact that Mr. Eisinger has no job or house there and no money for the journey and that a grant of British citizenship there would automatically enable him to return to this country, he will give instructions that the application should be considered here, so as to save time, expense and a needless passage.
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.