Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 5:15 pm ar 28 Ebrill 2004.
'(1) The Secretary of State may make payments to the Authority of such amounts, at such times and on such conditions (if any) as he considers appropriate.
(2) The Authority shall (unless the Secretary of State directs otherwise) pay to the Secretary of State all sums received by it in the course of, or in connection with, the carrying out of its functions.
(3) Any sums received by the Secretary of State under subsection (2) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.'.—[Jim Sheridan.]
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.
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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.
