Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 6 Chwefror 1991.
Mr Russell Johnston
, Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber
12:00,
6 Chwefror 1991
It would be interesting to know how often in recent times the circumstances have required it—quite often, I should have thought. Is the Secretary of State aware that all the German Lander and many of the regions of France and Spain maintain separate offices in Brussels? Does he agree that that is to their advantage? Why does not the Scottish Office do likewise?
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.
