Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Mai 1947.
Sir Allan Noble
, Chelsea
12:00,
5 Mai 1947
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the text of the Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin Conference, published as Cmd. 7087, is the only official text; or what are the others of equal validity.
Sir Kenneth Pickthorn
, Cambridge University
Can the right hon. Gentleman assure the House that there is no truth in the allegation of any omission either from this text or the American text?
Mr. McNeil:
Perhaps I may be excused from commenting on the American text, although I do not mean to infer that there is any omission there. I should prefer to say that our white paper is an official and complete text.
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.
A document issued by the Government laying out its policy, or proposed policy, on a topic of current concern.Although a white paper may occasion consultation as to the details of new legislation, it does signify a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. This is a contrast with green papers, which are issued less frequently, are more open-ended and may merely propose a strategy to be implemented in the details of other legislation.
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