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Information from the first edition 1978
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Her Majesty's Principal Ministers as at 2 November 1978
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Administration formed by the Rt.Hon. James Callaghan MP, April 1976, with subsequent changes.
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Members of the Cabinet
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Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
Rt.Hon. James Callaghan MP
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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Rt.Hon. Dr David Owen MP
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Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Rt.Hon. Michael Foot MP
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Secretary of State for Education and Science and Paymaster General
Rt.Hon. Shirley Williams MP
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Lord Chancellor
Rt.Hon. The Lord Elwyn-Jones CH
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Secretary of State for Energy
Rt.Hon. Antony Wedgwood Benn MP
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt.Hon. Denis Healey MBE MP
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Secretary of State for Industry
Rt.Hon. Eric Varley MP
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Secretary of State for the Home Department
Rt.Hon. Merlyn Rees MP
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Secretary of State for the Environment
Rt.Hon. Peter Shore MP
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Secretary of State for Scotland
Rt.Hon. Bruce Millan MP
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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Rt.Hon. Roy Mason MP
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Secretary of State for Wales
Rt.Hon. John Morris QC MP
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Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Rt.Hon. Joel Barnett MP
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Secretary of State for Defence
Rt.Hon. Frederick Mulley MP
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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Rt.Hon. John Silkin MP
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Secretary of State for Employment
Rt.Hon. Albert Booth MP
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Secretary of State for prices and Consumer Protection
Rt.Hon. Roy Hattersley MP
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Secretary of State for Social Services
Rt.Hon. David Ennals MP
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Secretary of State for Transport
Rt.Hon. William Rodgers MP
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Secretary of State for Trade
Rt.Hon. Edmund Dell MP
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Minister for Social Security
Rt.Hon. Stanley Orme MP
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Lord Privy Seal
Rt.Hon. The Lord Peart
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rt.Hon. Harold Lever MP
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Law Officers
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Attorney-General
Rt.Hon. Samuel Silkin QC MP
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Solicitor-General
Rt.Hon. Peter Archer QC MP
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Lord Advocate
Rt.Hon. Ronald King Murray QC MP
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Solicitor-General for Scotland
The Lord McCluskey QC
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Ministers not in the Cabinet
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Rt.Hon. Micheal Cocks MP
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Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Rt.Hon. Dr John Gilbert MP
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Ministers of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Frank Judd, Esq MP
Rt.Hon. The Lord Goronwy-Roberts
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Ministers of State, Department of Industry
Rt.Hon. Alan Williams MP
Rt.Hon. Gerald Kaufman MP
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Minister of State for Overseas Development
Rt.Hon. Judith Hart MP
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Ministers of State, Northern Ireland Office
Rt.Hon. John Concannon MP
The Lord Melchett
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Information from the first edition 1978
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Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Rt.Hon. Robert Sheldon MP
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Ministers of State, Scottish Office
Rt.Hon. Gregor MacKenzie MP
The Lord Kirkill
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Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Edward Rowlands, Esq MP
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Ministers of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Rt.Hon. Edward Bishop MP
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Minister for Housing and Construction
Rt.Hon. Reginald Freeson MP
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Minister of State, Department of Employment
Harold Walker, Esq MP
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Minister of State, Privy Council Office
Rt.Hon. John Smith MP
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Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security
Rt.Hon. Roland Moyle MP
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Minister of State, Civil Service Department
Rt.Hon. Charles R. Morris MP
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Minister of State, Department of Prices and Consumer Protection
John Fraser, Esq MP
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Minister of State, Department of the Environment
Rt.Hon. Denis Howell MP
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Ministers of State, Department of Education and Science
The Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge OBE
Gordon Oaks, Esq MP
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Ministers of State, Home Office
The Lord Harris of Greenwich
Brynmor John, Esq MP
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Minister of State, Department of Energy
Rt.Hon. Dr J. Dickson Mabon MP
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The Shadow Cabinet
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The following is a list of the Leaders' Consultative Committee of the official Opposition
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Leader
Rt.Hon. Margaret Thatcher MP
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Education, Sciences and the Arts
Norman St. John-Stevas MP
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Deputy Leader
Rt.Hon. William Whitelaw MP
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Environment
Michael Heseltine MP
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Policy and Research
Rt.Hon. Sir Keith Joseph, Bt, MP
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Scotland
Edward Taylor MP
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Without Specific Duties
Rt.Hon. Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone
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Wales
Nicholas Edwards MP
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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Rt.Hon. Francis Pym
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Northern Ireland
Airey Neave MP
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Treasury and Economic Affairs
Rt.Hon. Sir Geoffrey Howe MP
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Defence
Rt.Hon. Sir Ian Gilmour, Bt, MP
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Home Office
Rt.Hon. William Whitelaw MP
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Social Services
Rt.Hon. Patrick Jenkin MP
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Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords
Rt.Hon. Lord Carrington
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Consumer Affairs
Mrs Sally Oppenheim MP
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Employment
Rt.Hon. James Prior MP
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Trade
John Nott MP
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Agriculture
Rt.Hon. John Peyton MP
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Industry
Rt.Hon. Sir Keith Joseph MP
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Devolution and House of Commons Affairs
Rt.Hon. Francis Pym MP
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Chairmen of the Party Organisation
Rt.Hon. Lord Thorneycroft
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Joint Deputy Chairmen
Angus Maude MP
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