sentences:  When the Conservatives came to power in 1951 under Winston Churchill, he was appointed Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a post he held until 1953, when he was promoted to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and admitted to the Privy Council.He retained this position when Sir Anthony Eden became Prime Minister in 1955.However, Reading was not included in the administration formed by Harold Macmillan in January 1957 and never returned to ministerial office.