• New Ministers are Young
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-THREE of.the new Ministers who are 1 directly or indirectly concerned with transport are men under 50. The Minister of Transport, the Hon. John Scott Maclay, is 46 years old. For the time being, he is c,ombining with this office the post of Minister of Civil Aviation
Mr. Maclay is a Scottish shipowner and is leader of the National Liberal Party :n the House of Commons. In 1944, he was head of the British Merchant Shipping Mission in Washing'ton, and a year later was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Production in the caretaker Government. He is a son of Baron Maclay.
Lieut.-Cdr. J. G. Braithwaite has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister.
Mr Geoffrey Lloyd, who has a distinguished Parliamentary record, returns to the Ministry of Fuel and Power, which he left in 1945. At the beginning of the war, he was Secretary for Mines, and from 1940-42 was Secretary for Petroleum. From 1939-45, he was also chairman of the Oil Control Board, and from 1940-45 was Minister in charge of the Petroleum Warfare Department. From 1942-45, he was Parliamentary Secretary (Petroleum), Ministry of Fuel and Power. He is 49 years old.
Mr. Duncan Sandys. Minister of Supply, was Parliamentary Secretary to that Ministry from 1943-44, and was Minister of Works from 194445. He originally entered the diplomatic service in 1930. He is 43 and son-in-law of Mr. Churchill.
Sir Peter F. Bennett, chairman and joint managing director of Joseph Lucas, Ltd., a past president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and a holder of a number of other commercial and public offices, has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. The Minister is Sir Walter Monckton, K.C., who was well known in the traffic courts in the early dayof road transport licensing.