Cliveden Astors) at the Cliveden swimming pool led to the Profumo Affair which so damaged the Macmillan government. Spring Cottage was awarded Grade II listed status in 1986, and in 1997 the hotel company which leased Cliveden House from the National Trust also acquired the lease to the cottage. A reported £750,000 was spent restoring and refurbishing the dilapidated building before it reopened in 1998 as a self-contained luxury holiday let. The cottage and its garden are not open to the public. Cliveden Reach, between Cookham Lock and Boulter's Lock, is one of the most scenic stretches of the Thames. A
Secretary of State for Transport subsumed by the Department for the Environment, headed by the Secretary of State for the Environment from 15 October 1970 to 10 September 1976. Colour key (for political parties): The junior ministers responsible for transport within the Department for the Environment: The Department for Transport was recreated as a separate department by James Callaghan in 1976. Colour key (for political parties): Not an official member of the cabinet. Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): The super-department Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was created in 1997 for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Colour key