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With whom did Margaret Beckett serve in junior government positions early in her career?
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Margaret Beckett served in junior government positions early in her career under the Labour Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. She was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment in the Wilson Government from 1974 to 1976, and Minister of State at the Department of Industry in the Callaghan Government from 1976 to 1979.
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