THE CABINET

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1938, Page 10

THE CABINET

PORTFOLIOS CHANGED

SOCIAL SECURITY TO

MR. NASH

MR. WEBB TAKES

LABOUR

Portfolio changes involving four members of the Ministry were announced today in an interview by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage). The Hon. W. Nash, Minister of Finance and Customs, will become Minister of Social Security, and will be relieved of certain of the portfolios he holds

now,

The Hon. H. T. Armstrong will relinquish the portfolio of Labour to the Hon. P. C. Webb, and will become Minister in Charge of Housing and State Advances, positions previously held by Mr. Nash. The Hon. H. G>R. Mason will relieve Mr. Nash of the administration of the Public Trust Office.

The changes will still leave Mr. Nash with a considerable burden of responsibility, though the disposal of Housing and State Advances will relieve him of a task that is rapidly developing in importance. As the Prime Minister remarked, these two represented one of the most important features of State activity, and for that reason would have the personal attention of a Minister in future.

The Departments and portfolios that will now be controlled by these four Ministers are:—

Mr. Nash.—Finance, Customs, Marketing, Social Security, Stamp Duties, Land and Income Tax, Public Service Superannuation, Government Life Insurance, State Fire Insurance, and Census and Statistics.

Mr. Armstrong.—Housing and State Advances, Immigration.

Mr. Mason. —Attorney-General, Justice, Prisons and Registrar-General's Department, Public Trust Office, and Patents, Designs, Trademarks, and Copyright Office.

Mr. Webb.—Labour, Mines, and Printing and Stationery Department.