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