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<p>dwindled almost to zero, the office fell into disrepute. <a href="page.php?w=Nicholas_Edwards">Nicholas Edwards</a>, MP for <a href="page.php?w=Pembrokeshire_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29">Pembrokeshire</a>, held the post for eight years. On his departure, the government ceased to look within Wales for the secretary of state, and the post was increasingly used as a way of getting junior high-fliers into the <a href="page.php?w=Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom">Cabinet</a>. <a href="page.php?w=John_Redwood">John Redwood</a> in particular caused</p><p>
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