Conservative government Cabinet. (back l-r) John Major (Chief Secretary to the Treasury), John Wakeham (Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons), Paul Channon (Transport Secretary), John MacGregor (Agriculture Minister), Kenneth Baker (Education Secretary), Lord Young (Trade and Industry Secretary), Kenneth Clarke (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Trade and Industry Minister), Malcolm Rifkind (Scottish Secretary), John Moore (Social Services Secretary), Cecil Parkinson (Energy Secretary), David Waddington (Chief Whip) and Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary). Front row (l-r) Tom King (Northern Ireland Secretary), George Younger (Defence Secretary), Douglas Hurd (Home Secretary), Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Viscount Whitelaw (Leader of the House of Lords), Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service), Sir Geoffrey Howe (Foreign Secretary), Lord Michael Havers (Lord Chancellor), Peter Walker (Welsh Secretary), Norman Fowler (Employment Secretary) and Nicholas Ridley (Environment Secretary).