the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Sir Stafford Cripps: Chancellor of the Exchequer Ernest Bevin: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs James Chuter Ede: Secretary of State for the Home Department Jim Griffiths: Secretary of State for the Colonies Patrick Gordon Walker: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Harold Wilson: President of the Board of Trade The Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster George Tomlinson: Minister of Education Hector McNeil: Secretary of State for Scotland Tom Williams: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries George Isaacs: Minister of Labour and National Service Aneurin Bevan: Minister of Health Emanuel Shinwell: Minister of Defence Hugh Dalton: Minister of Town and Country Planning Changes October 1950: Hugh Gaitskell succeeds Sir Stafford Cripps as Chancellor of the Exchequer. January 1951: Aneurin Bevan succeeds George Isaacs as Minister of Labour and National service. Bevan's successor as Minister of Health is not in the cabinet. Hugh Dalton's post is renamed Minister of Local Government and Planning. March 1951: Herbert Morrison succeeds Ernest Bevin as Foreign Secretary. Lord Addison succeeds Morrison as Lord President. Bevin succeeds Addison as Lord Privy Seal. James Chuter Ede succeeds Morrison as Leader of the House of Commons whilst remaining Home Secretary. April 1951: Richard Stokes succeeds Ernest Bevin (deceased) as Lord Privy Seal. Alf Robens succeeds Aneurin Bevan (resigned) as Minister of Labour and National Service. Sir Hartley Shawcross succeeds Harold Wilson (resigned) as President of the Board of Trade. List of ministers Members of the Cabinet are in bold face. Major legislation enacted during the Attlee governments Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act 1946 National Health Service Act 1946 National Insurance Act 1946 National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 New Towns Act 1946 Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946 Hill Farming Act 1946 Agriculture Act 1947 Pensions (Increase) Act 1947 Electricity Act 1947 Town and Country Planning Act 1947 Transport Act 1947 National Assistance Act 1948 Children Act 1948 Factories Act 1948 Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 Employment and Training Act 1948 Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 Local Government Act 1948 Representation of the People Act 1948 Housing Act 1949 Superannuation Act 1949 House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 Landlord and Tenant