When the Second World War broke out, the new Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain formed a small War Cabinet and it was expected that Chatfield would serve as a spokesperson for the three service ministers, the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air ; however political considerations resulted in all three posts being included in the Cabinet and Chatfield's role proved increasingly redundant.
When the Second World War broke out, the new Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain formed a small War Cabinet, and it was expected that Chatfield would serve as a spokesperson for the three service ministers, the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for Air ; however political considerations resulted in all three posts being included in the Cabinet, and Chatfield's role proved increasingly redundant.
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