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Speaking in the National Transport Plan debate, I criticised the Welsh Government for pouring millions into the Anglesey-Cardiff  Airlink without a proper Business Plan and subsidised Premier Express Trains from Holyhead to Cardiff, whilst pulling the plug from March 31st on the Community Transport Concessionary Fares Initiative for very elderly and disabled people and only last week informing bus operators that from 1 April it intends to cut the bus service operators grant and Councils that it intends to cut the Local Transport Services Grant, which will affect public transport service users across Wales.

Questioning the First Minister, I referred to the call by the Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs for peer-based recovery with abstinence.

Quoting Prestatyn Park Home residents during the proposed Park Homes Bill debate, I stated “Park Site owners must be stopped from getting away with charging retired people what they want”.
Questioning the Health Minister I was concerned when she failed to reveal whether the Welsh Government has data on the increasing number of ex-forces personnel returning home to Wales and on the sort of ongoing physical and mental health needs that they have. Without this data, the Welsh Government would be planning services for ex-forces personnel in a vacuum.
Speaking in the Welfare Reform debate, I stated  “it is not fair that since devolution the Welsh Government has concentrated on the top 2%-3% of the poorest but neglected the most vulnerable, locking them into dependency.”
As Chair of the Cross Party Group  on Funerals and Bereavement, I called for a Welsh Government Statement on the provision of bereavement counselling in Wales.
Assembly engagements included Cross Party Group on Housing meeting with the First Minister, Deeside College students, Kennel Club, Occupational Therapists and Cross Party Group on Beer and the Pub. 
Recent North Wales engagements included discussions with North Wales Construction Industry leaders on their serious concerns, discussions on the need for larger GP premises in Flint and a meeting with the Deeside College Principal. I also attended Flintshire’s Holocaust Memorial Day event and commend the excellent play and poetry performances by young people.