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He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from March 1974 until September 1976, when he moved back to London to become Home Secretary. For two years before the Labour government came to power in 1974 he had been Labour Party spokesman on Northern Ireland.
Rees wrote of his views on Northern Ireland in: Northern Ireland: a personal perspective (Methuen, London, 1985)
He is president of the Video Standards Council and Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan.
| Preceded by: Francis Pym | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1974–1976 | Followed by: Roy Mason |
| Preceded by: Roy Jenkins | Home SecretaryThe Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Home Secretary is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in the United Kingdom; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, in 1976–1979 | Followed by: William WhitelawWilliam Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL ( June 28, 1918 July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw was a British Conservative politician. Whitelaw attended Trinity College, Cambridge, then joined the British Army, ear |