The Minister of Materials was a short-lived ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom, in charge of the Ministry of Materials. Created on 6 July 1951, the office was wound up on 16 August 1954. Most of its holders also held another ministerial office.

The establishment of the Ministry was set out in a Command Paper

Command paper

A command paper is a document issued by the British government and presented to Parliament. White papers, green papers, treaties, reports from Royal Commissions and various government bodies can all be released as command papers, so-called because they are presented to Parliament formally 'By Her...

 Cmd. 8278 "Ministry of Materials" presented to Parliament in June 1951.

Office-holders

• 1951: Richard Stokes
  Richard Stokes
  Major Sir Richard Rapier Stokes MC was a British Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951....
  
   (also Lord Privy Seal
  Lord Privy Seal
  The Lord Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state...
  
  )
• 1951: Viscount Swinton
  Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
  Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton GBE, CH, MC, PC , known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.-Background and early life:Born as Philip Lloyd-Graeme, he was the...
  
   (also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...
  
  )
• 1952: Sir Arthur Salter
  James Arthur Salter
  James Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter GBE, KCB, PC was a British politician and academic.-Background and education:...
  
  
• 1953: Lord Woolton (also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)