Richard Howard Stafford Crossman24 October 1968
Explains the merger creating the Department of Health and Social Security to the House of Commons.
Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Explains the merger creating the Department of Health and Social Security to the House of Commons.
Crossman becomes the first Secretary of State for Social Services as health and social-security functions are combined within the new Department of Health and Social Security.
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