Secretary Of State in Europe
Definition of Secretary Of State
The expression means ” one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State for the time being ” (Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 12, sub-s. 3). The Principal Secretaries of State are those for the Home Department, for Foreign Affairs, for the Colonies, for the War Department, for Air and for India. Not more than six of them, and not more than six of their under-secretaries may sit in the House of Commons at the same time. Each Secretary of State can do anything which any one of the others is empowered to do. By the Secretaries of State Act, 1926, the Secretary for Scotland and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland were made Secretary of State for Scotland and Under-Secretary respectively, and the number allowed to sit in the Commons was raised from five to six at the same time
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