Theresa May will take over as Prime Minister later on Wednesday.

David Cameron earlier attended his final PMQs as premier and will later go to Buckingham Palace and formally tender his resignation to the Queen.

He is expected to meet the Queen at around 5pm and will recommend that May - as new Conservative Party leader - be invited to form a government.

May, who has been home secretary since 2010, was appointed leader of the Conservatives by the party's 1922 committee on Monday.

She will be the UK's 76th Prime Minister and only the second woman to hold the office after Margaret Thatcher.

May's swift coronation comes after the Conservative Party leadership contest was cut shot by rival Andrea Leadsom quitting the race and throwing her support behind the Home Secretary.

In his final PMQs, Cameron congratulated May on succeeding him while poking fun at the Labour Party for never having had a female prime minister.

"When it comes to women prime ministers, I'm very pleased to be able to say pretty soon it's going to be 2-0," he told Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson met May on Tuesday to discuss the UK's relationship with Scotland.

She said the incoming Prime Minister had made clear she was "committed to a close and constructive relationship with the Scottish Government".

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to work constructively with May but also demanded "early engagement" on the issue of Scotland's membership of the EU, which Sturgeon has said she is determined to maintain.

At Cameron's final PMQs, the SNP benches refused to stand or applaud Cameron, with the party's Westminster leader Angus Robertson putting the blame for Brexit squarely at his door.