Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales

Responsibilities

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lords) assists the Secretary of State for Wales in ensuring that the interests of Wales are recognised in Westminster, and that Westminster’s voice is heard in Wales.

Responsibilities include:

  • Wales Office Business in the Lords
  • Mid-Wales Growth Deal
  • Education
  • Health
  • Law and Order, Immigration & Justice
  • Local Government
  • Tourism, Heritage and Culture
  • Welfare

Previous holders of this role

  1. Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

    2017 to 2019

  2. Lord Duncan of Springbank

    2017 to 2017

  3. Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

    2015 to 2017

  4. Baroness Randerson

    2012 to 2015