Minister of Culture and Community Development: The Hon. Maj.-Gen. Francis Nyangweso Minister of Transport and Communications: The Hon. M. L. Obado DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION The Ugandan acting High Commissioner in London is Mr F. K. Isingoma and the British acting High Commissioner in Kampala is Mr J. P. I. Hennesy, CMG, OBE THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND As a result of the general election held on 10th October 1974, the minority Labour Government was returned with a majority of three over all other parties in the House of Commons, the state of the parties then being as follows: Labour 319, Conservatives 276, Liberals 13, Scottish National Party (SNP) 11, United Ulster Unionist Council (UUUC) 10, Others 6. At a subsequent by-election the Conservatives gained one seat from Labour. HEAD OF STATE Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT (Formed by the Right Hon. Harold Wilson, Obe, MP, THE CABINET October 1974) Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service: The Rt Hon. Harold Wilson, OBE, MP Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt Hon. Edward Short, MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Lord Chancellor: The Rt Hon. The Lord Elwyn-Jones Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP Secretary of State for Social Services: The Rt Hon. Barbara Castle, MP Secretary of State for Defence: The Rt Hon. Roy Mason, MP The Rt Hon. Frederick Mulley, MP Secretary of State for Scotland: The Rt Hon. William Ross, MBE, Mp Minister for Overseas Development: The Rt Hon. Reginald Prentice, MP MINISTERS NOT IN THE CABINET Paymaster-General: The Rt Hon. Edmund Dell, MP Minister for Housing and Construction: Reginald Freeson, Esq, MP Minister of State, Civil Service Department: Charles R. Morris, Esq, MP Alexander W. Lyon, Esq, MP; The Rt Hon. The Lord Harris of Greenwich Denis Howell, Esq, MP (Sport and Recreation) Minister of State, Department of Employment: Albert Booth, Esq, MP Ministers of State, Department of Health and Social Security: The Rt Hon. The Lord Beswick; Gregor Mackenzie, Esq, MP Bruce Millan, Esq, MP; The Rt Hon. The Lord Hughes, CB The Rt Hon. Stanley Orme, мP; Roland Moyle, Esq, MP Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Edward S. Bishop, Esq, MP Minister of State, Privy Council Office: Gerald Fowler, Esq, MP LAW OFFICERS Attorney-General: The Rt Hon. Samuel Silkin, QC, MP DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MINISTERS MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD Minister: The Rt Hon. Frederick Peart, MP Minister of State: Edward S. Bishop, Esq, MP Parliamentary Secretary: Gavin Strang, Esq, MP CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT Minister: The Rt Hon. Harold Wislon, OBE, MP MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Roy Mason, MP Minister of State: William Rodgers, Esq, MP Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy: Frank Judd, Esq, MP Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force: Brynmor John, Esq, MP DUCHY OF LANCASTER Chancellor: The Rt Hon. Harold Lever, MP DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Frederick Mulley, MP Minister of State: The Lord Crowther-Hunt Under-Secretaries of State: Hugh Jenkins, Esq, MP; Miss Joan Lestor, MP DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Michael Foot, MP Minister of State: Albert Booth, Esq, MP Under-Secretaries of State: John Fraser, Esq, MP; Harold Walker, Esq, MP DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, MP Minister of State: The Lord Balogh Under-Secretaries of State: Alexander Eadie, Esq, BEM, MP; John Smith, Esq, MP DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Anthony Crosland, MP Minister for Planning and Local Government: The Rt Hon. John Silkin, MP Minister for Transport: Dr John Gilbert, MP Minister for Housing and Construction: Reginald Freeson, Esq, MP Minister of State: Denis Howell, Esq, MP (Sport and Recreation) Under-Secretaries of State: Neil Carmichael, Esq, MP; Gordon Oakes, Esq, MP; The Baroness Birk and Ernest Armstrong, Esq, MP FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. James Callaghan, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. David Ennals, MP; The Rt Hon. Roy Hattersley, MP Under-Secretaries of State: The Rt Hon. The Lord Goronwy-Roberts; Edward Rowlands, Esq, MP DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY Secretary of State for Social Services: The Rt Hon. Barbara Castle, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. Brian O'Malley, MP; Dr David Owen, MP Under-Secretaries of State: Alfred Morris, Esq, MP (Disabled); Michael Meacher, Esq, MP (Social Security) HOME OFFICE Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt Hon. Roy Jenkins, MP Ministers of State: Alexander W. Lyon, Esq, MP; The Rt Hon. The Lord Harris of Greenwich Under-Secretary of State: Dr Shirley Summerskill, MP DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Eric Varley, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. The Lord Beswick; Gregor Mackenzie, Esq, MP NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Merlyn Rees, MP Ministers of State: The Rt Hon. Stanley Orme, MP; Ronald Moyle, Esq, MP Under-Secretaries of State: The Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge, OBE; John Concannon, Esq, MP MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT Minister: The Rt Hon. Reginald Prentice, MP DEPARTMENT OF PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. Shirley Williams, MP Under-Secretary of State: Robert Maclennan, Esq, MP PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt Hon. Edward Short, MP Minister of State: Gerald Fowler, Esq, MP Parliamentary Secretary: William Price, Esq, MP DEPARTMENT of Trade Secretary of State and President of the Board of Trade: The Rt Hon. Peter Shore, MP H.M. TREASURY Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service: The Rt Hon. Harold Wilson, OBE, MP Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt Hon. Denis Healey, MBE, MP Paymaster-General: The Rt Hon. Edmund Dell, MP Parliamentary Secretary: The Rt Hon. Robert Mellish, MP Chief Secretary: The Rt Hon. Joel Barnett, MP Financial Secretary: Robert Sheldon, Esq, MP Minister of State: Denzil Davies, Esq, MP Lords Commissioners: Michael Cocks, Esq, MP; Donald Coleman, Esq, MP; J. D. Dormand, Esq, MP; James A. Dunn, Esq, MP; Thomas Pendry, Esq, MP Assistant Whips: Miss Betty Boothroyd, MP; Thomas Cox, Esq, MP; John Ellis, Esq, mp; Miss Margaret Jackson, MP; Laurie Pavitt, Esq, MP; David Stoddart, Esq, MP SCOTLAND Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. William Ross, MBE, MP Ministers of State: Bruce Millan, Esq, MP; The Rt Hon. The Lord Hughes, CBE WALES Secretary of State: The Rt Hon. John Morris, QC, MP Under-Secretaries of State: Barry Jones, Esq, MP; Alec Jones, Esq, MP HER MAJESTY'S HOUSEHOLD Lord Chamberlain: The Rt Hon. The Lord Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE Comptroller: Joseph Harper, Esq, MP Vice-Chamberlain: James Hamilton, Esq, MP Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms: Rt Hon. The Baroness Llewelyn- Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard: The Lord Strabolgi Second Church Estates Commissioner representing Church Commissioners: Terry Walker, HOUSE OF COMMONS Speaker: The Rt Hon. Selwyn Lloyd, CH, CBE, TD, QC, MP Chairman of Ways and Means: The Rt Hon. George Thomas, MP First Deputy Chiarman of Ways and Means: Oscar Murton, Esq, OBE, td, mp Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means: Sir Myer Galpern, MP Clerk of the House of Commons: Sir David Lidderdale, KCB Speaker's Secretary: Brigadier N. E. V. Short, MBE, MC Serjeant at Arms: Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Gordon Lennox, KCVO, CB, DSO LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher, MP HOUSE OF LORDS Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Lords: The Rt Hon. The Lord Elwyn-Jones NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland has a total area of 5,462 square miles (land 5,206 square miles; inland water and tideways 256 square miles) with a population shown by the 1971 census to be 1,536,065 of whom 745,676 are men and 781,389 are women. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 established a separate Parliament for Northern Ireland, having a House of Commons of 52 members elected by universal adult suffrage and a Senate of 26 members. With the exception of certain legislative and fiscal powers expressly reserved to the United Kingdom Parliament, the administration of the Province was the reponsibility of the Northern Ireland Government. The Northern Ireland Parliament was, however, prorogued by the Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 which was passed by the United Kingdom Parliament on 30th March 1972. As from that date the former powers of the Northern Ireland Ministers and Governor were vested in the holder of a newly created post of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly Act was passed in April 1973 and provided for the establishment of a Northern Ireland Assembly of 78 members to be elected by the "single transferable vote system" of proportional representation. Elections to the Assembly took place on 28th June 1973. The Assembly held its first meeting on Tuesday, 31st July at which it elected a Presiding Officer. The Northern Ireland Constitution Act passed in July 1973 abolished the Northern Ireland Parliament but contains provisions for the formation of an Executive within the Assembly and the consequent devolution of legislative and executive reponsibilities other than those functions of government defined as excepted or reserved in the Act. The Act also repealed most of the provisions of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and abolished the office of Governor. In accordance with the Constitution Act 1973 an Executive was formed at the end of 1973. The Executive was in office from 1st January 1974 until May 1974 after which the Northern Ireland Assembly was prorogued. During July 1974 the Northern Ireland Act was passed which made better temporary arrangements for the government of Northern Ireland and under which Northern Ireland Departments became subject to the control and direction of the Secretary of State. The Northern Ireland Act also provided for the election of a Convention, comprising 78 members elected by proportional representation, to consider "what provision for the government of Northern Ireland is likely to command the most widespread acceptance throughout the community there". That election took place on 1st May 1975 and the Convention began its work shortly thereafter. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Rt. Hon. Mervyn Rees, MC, MP |