Council Houses (Sale)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 4 Ebrill 1979.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Peter Bottomley Peter Bottomley , Greenwich Woolwich West 12:00, 4 Ebrill 1979

Does the Secretary of State recognise the inconsistency between the policy of that great supporter of the Labour Party, the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, which is selling off homes on its estate, and Greenwich council, which is also a supporter of the Labour Party, but which refuses to do that?

Secretary of State

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.