Department of Prices and Consumer Protection
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The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short-lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour government in 1974 when the functions of the Department of Trade and Industry were divided between three new departments (the Department of Trade, the Department of Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection). In 1979 the department was abolished by the new Conservative government and its responsibilities were re-integrated into the Department of Trade.
Secretaries of State for Prices and Consumer Protection[]
Colour key (for political parties):
Labour
Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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Shirley Williams | ![]() |
5 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
James Callaghan | |||||||
Roy Hattersley | ![]() |
10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour |
Categories:
- Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom
- Ministries established in 1974
- 1974 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1979 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
- Consumer protection in the United Kingdom