Department of Prices and Consumer Protection

{{Short description|British government department (1974–1979)}}

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The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short-lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour government in 1974 when the functions of the Department of Trade and Industry were divided between three new departments (the Department of Trade, the Department of Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection).{{Cite journal |last=Morris |first=David |last2=Reeson |first2=David |date=March 1979 |title=The Costs and Benefits of Consumer Advisory Services: The Case of Nottinghamshire |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jrncpy3&i=1 |journal=Journal of Consumer Policy |volume=3 |issue=1 |page=1 |via=HeinOnline}} In 1979 the department was abolished by the new Conservative government and its responsibilities were re-integrated into the Department of Trade.{{Cite journal |last=Flickinger |first=Richard |date=Feb 1983 |title=THE COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF AGENDA SETTING: THE EMERGENCE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION AS A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE IN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00729.x |journal=Review of Policy Research |language=en |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=441 |doi=10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00729.x |issn=1541-132X|url-access=subscription }}