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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).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1979 the department was abolished by the new Conservative government and its responsibilities were re-integrated into the Department of Trade.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Secretaries of State for Prices and Consumer ProtectionEdit
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| Secretary of State | Term of Office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Shirley Williams, 1984.jpg | Shirley Williams | 5 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Harold Wilson |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | James Callaghan | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | File:Roy Hattersley 2012 cropped 2.jpg | Roy Hattersley | 10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | ||
