The Scottish and Scotland Offices

'The conflict that will determine Scotland's future is the antipathy between the Nationalists and Labour, between those whose model of sovereignty is the Scottish people and those whose loyalty lies with the Crown and Westminster.' Parcel of Rogues, Channel 4 Television, April 1998.

The Scottish Office, 3 rd August 1945 - 30 th October 1951

Labour Government under Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, later 1 st Earl Attlee
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
3 August 1945 New administration	Rt Hon Joseph Westwood MP	Rt Hon George Buchanan MP
		Tom Fraser MP
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
7 October 1947 Reshuffle	Rt Hon Arthur Woodburn	Tom Fraser MP
		John James Robertson MP
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
Labour Government under Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, later 1 st Earl Attlee
28 February 1950 New administration	Rt Hon Hector MacNeil MP	Tom Fraser MP
		Margaret McCrorie Herbison MP