Department of Prices and Consumer Protection
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