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, 4 th May 1979 - 2 nd May 1997

Conservative Government under RT Hon Margaret Thatcher, later Baroness Thatcher of Keslevan
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
4 May 1979 New administration	Rt Hon George Younger MP, later Lord Younger of Prestwick KT and 4 th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT	William David Mungo James Murray, 8 th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield	Russell Fairgrieve MP, later Sir Russell Fairgrieve
			Alexander Fletcher MP, later Sir Alexander Fletcher
			Malcolm Rifkind MP, later Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
14 September 1981 After sacking of Russell Fairgreave	Rt Hon George Younger MP, later Lord Younger of Prestwick KT and 4 th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT	William David Mungo James Murray, 8 th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield	Alexander Fletcher MP, later Sir Alexander Flethcher
			Malcolm Rifkind MP, later Sir Malcolm Rifkind
			Allan Stewart MP
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
6 April 1982 After transfer of Malcolm Rifkind to Foreign & Commonwealth Office	Rt Hon George Younger MP, later Lord Younger of Prestwick KT and 4 th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT	William David Mungo James Murray, 8 th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield	Alexander Fletcher MP, later Sir Alexander Flethcher
			John Mackay MP, later Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish
			Allan Stewart MP
Conservative Government under Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher, later Baroness Thatcher of Keslevan
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
9 June 1983 New Administration	Rt Hon George Younger MP, later Lord Younger of Prestwick KT, later 4 th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT	James Hector Northey Gray, Lord Gray of Contin	Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram, MP, later 13 th Marquis of Lothian
			John Mackay MP, later Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish
			Allan Stewart
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
9 January 1986 After appointment of George Younger as Secretary of State for Defence	Malcolm Rifkind MP, later Sir Malcolm Rifind	James Hector Northey Gray, Lord Gray of Contin	Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram, MP, later 13 th Marquis of Lothian
			John Mackay MP, later Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish
			Allan Stewart MP
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
10 September 1986 After sacking of Lord Gray and Allan Stewart	Malcolm Rifkind MP	Lord Glenarthur	Michael Kerr, Earl of Ancram, MP, later 13 th Marquis of Lothian
			Ian Lang MP, later Lord Lang of Monkton
			John Mackay MP, later Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish
Conservative Government under Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher, later Baroness Thatcher of Keslevan
Date	Secretary of State	Ministers of State	PUSS
11 June 1987 New administration	Malcolm Rifkind MP, later Sir Malcolm Rifkind	Ian Bruce Lang MP, later Lord Lang of Monkton	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MP, later Lord Selkirk of Douglas
		Charles Russell Sanderson, Lord Sanderson of Bowen	Michael Bruce Forsyth MP, later Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Conservative Government under Rt Hon John Major
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
28 November 1990 New administration	Ian Bruce Lang MP, later Lord Lang of Monkton	Michael Bruce Forsyth MP, later Lord Forsyth of Drumlean	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MP, later Lord Selkirk of Douglas
			Allan Stewart MP
			Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2 nd Lord Strathclyde
Conservative Government under Rt Hon John Major
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
9 April 1992 New administration	Ian Bruce Lang MP, later Lord Lang of Monkton	Peter Lovat Fraser, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MP, later Lord Selkirk of Douglas
			Sir Hector Monro MP, later Lord Monro of Langholm
			Allan Stewart MP
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
7 February 1995 Following resignation of Allan Stewart after 'presenting' a pick-axe handle	Ian Bruce Lang MP, later Lord Lang of Monkton	Peter Lovat Fraser, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MP, later Lord Selkirk of Douglas
			George Kynoch MP
			Sir Hector Monro MP, later Lord Monro of Langholm
Date	Secretary of State	Minister of State	PUSS
5 July 1995 Following appointment of Ian Lang as President of the Board of Trade, sacking of Lord Fraser of Carmyllie and sacking of Sir Hector Monro	Rt Hon Michael Bruce Forsyth MP, later Lord Forsyth of Drumlean	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MP, later Lord Selkirk of Douglas	George Kynoch MP
			James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16 th Earl of Lindsay
			Raymond Robertson MP