Source: GOV.UK
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street · 19 March 2016
Ministerial appointments: 19 March 2016
Original: www.gov.uk/government/news/new-ministerial-appointments-19-march-2016
The Queen has approved new ministerial appointments at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Wales Office.
The Queen has been pleased to approve the following ministerial appointments:
- Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP to become Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Alun Cairns MP to become Secretary of State for Wales
- Guto Bebb MP to become a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* at the Wales Office and a Government Whip (Junior Lord of the Treasury)
This follows the resignation from Government of the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Further information
- Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP was previously Secretary of State for Wales
- Alun Cairns MP was previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* at the Wales Office and a Government Whip (Junior Lord of the Treasury)
*unpaid