| United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales | |
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| Wales Office | |
| Appointer | The King (on the advice of thePrime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Goronwy Roberts |
| Formation | 17 October 1964 |
| Website | Wales Office |
TheParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Welsh:Is-ysgrifennydd Gwladol Seneddol Cymru), often referred to simply as theWelsh Office Minister, is ajunior ministerial post (ofParliamentary Under-Secretary of State rank) in theGovernment of the United Kingdom, supporting theSecretary of State for Wales.[1]
A post of Minister of Welsh Affairs was created in 1951 under theHome Secretary and was upgraded toMinister of State level in 1954. On 17 October 1964 The post was further upgraded to Secretary of State for Wales, which was a cabinet level role, being assisted by a junior minister.
Between 1964 and the establishment ofdevolution in 1999 there were regularly two junior ministers within the Welsh Office, often but not always consisting of a Minister of State and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, with each assigned specific roles (health, education etc.). Following devolution and the transfer of powers from Westminster to the National Assembly, there was only one Under-Secretary of State working directly with the Secretary of State.
A second[2] (and unpaid) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State role was created in 2012 during theCoalition Government with one minister serving in the Commons and one in the Lords. This situation was maintained following the2015 general election with two Under-Secretaries of State, one being paid by the Welsh Office and one unpaid (or paid by another government department for a joint role). Following the appointment of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister,Nick Bourne resigned and no replacement Minister was appointed.
For a list of ministers of Welsh affairs see:Ministers of Welsh Affairs (1951–1964)
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Labour Conservative
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | P.M. | Welsh Sec. | ||
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| David Hanson |  | 29 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | Peter Hain | |
| Don Touhig[8] |  | 11 June 2001 | May 2005 | Labour | |||
| Nick Ainger[9] | May 2005 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
| Huw Irranca-Davies[10] |  | 29 June 2007 | 5 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | Peter Hain &Paul Murphy | |
| Wayne David[11] |  | 5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Paul Murphy &Peter Hain | ||
| David Jones |  | 11 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron | Cheryl Gillan | |
| Stephen Crabb Also served as an Assistant Government Whip |  | 4 September 2012 | 15 July 2014 | Conservative | David Jones | ||
| Alun Cairns |  | 15 July 2014 | 19 March 2016 | Conservative | Stephen Crabb | ||
| Guto Bebb |  | 19 March 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | Alun Cairns | ||
| Theresa May | |||||||
| Stuart Andrew |  | 9 January 2018[12] | 19 July 2018 | Conservative | |||
| Mims Davies Unpaid by Wales Office. Also serving as Assistant Government Whip |  | 26 July 2018[12] | 5 November 2018 | Conservative | |||
| Nigel Adams Unpaid by Wales Office. Also serving as Assistant Government Whip |  | 5 November 2018 | 3 April 2019[13] | Conservative | |||
| Kevin Foster[14] Unpaid by Wales Office. Also serving as Assistant Government Whip |  | 4 April 2019 | 16 December 2019 | Conservative | |||
| Boris Johnson | |||||||
| David Davies[15] Also serving as Assistant Government Whip 13 February 2020 – 25 July 2022 Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 25 July 2022 – 8 September 2022 (Unpaid by Wales Office during this time) |  | 16 December 2019 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Simon Hart | ||
| Robert Buckland | |||||||
| Liz Truss | |||||||
| James Davies |  | 27 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | David Davies | |
| Fay Jones |  | 13 November 2023[16] | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | |||
| Nia Griffith |  | 9 July 2024 | 7 September 2025 | Labour | SirKeir Starmer | Jo Stevens | |
| Anna McMorrin | | 7 September 2025 | Incumbent | Labour | |||
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Conservative Liberal Democrats
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Wales in the House of Lords (2012–present)[edit] | ||||||||
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| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | Secretary of State | |||
| The Baroness Randerson Unpaid |  | 5 September 2012[2] | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron (Coalition) | David Jones &Stephen Crabb | ||
| The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for |  | 12 May 2015 | 17 June 2017 | Conservative | David Cameron (II) Theresa May (I) | Stephen Crabb &Alun Cairns | ||
| The Lord Duncan of Springbank Also served asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland |  | 17 June 2017 | 27 November 2017 | Conservative | Theresa May (II) | Alun Cairns | ||
| The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth And Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, | | 27 November 2017 | 26 July 2019[17] | Conservative | ||||
| Office not in use | 26 July 2019 | Present | Conservative | |||||
