New Welsh Government Announced

Gwenda Thomas was today appointed Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services in the Welsh Government.

Mrs Thomas said: “I feel deeply honoured that the First Minister has appointed me to this role. As Deputy Minister for Social Services in the last Welsh Government I was proud to take the lead on many necessary reforms to Social Services in Wales. I think what we have achieved so far in this area has been excellent but clearly much remains to be done. I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to finish the work we have begun.”

In the new Welsh Government line-up the position of Deputy Minister for Social Services has been merged with the Deputy Minister for Children, a position previously held by Huw Lewis AM.

Mrs Thomas said: “The combining of the Social Services portfolio with the responsibility for children makes a great deal of sense. Tackling child poverty requires the cooperation of all the major departments of state. Directly linking this field with Health and Social Services will make it that much easier to take the action that is needed.”