Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Rhagfyr 1973.
Mr Edward Heath
, Bexley
12:00,
4 Rhagfyr 1973
I am aware of the change to which the right hon. Gentleman refers from the position of local authorities under the 1948 Act to their position under the 1972 Act. It is the intention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services to make a direction to maintain the local authority's duty to provide temporary accommodation in the circumstances envisaged in the Act.
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.
