Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 19 Rhagfyr 1973.
Mr Eric Deakins
, Walthamstow West
12:00,
19 Rhagfyr 1973
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek a special meeting of the EEC Council before 31st December 1973.
An informal reference to the Council of the European Union.
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.