COMMENTING on today's figures showing a 15.4% fall in Welsh exports last year - almost twice that of the devolved nations and English regions - Welsh Conservative industry spokesman Alun Cairns AM said:
"These figures demonstrate yet again the failure of the Labour-Plaid Assembly Government to support the Welsh economy during the recession.
RESEARCH by Alun Cairns. Conservative AM for South Wales West, has revealed that Bridgend had almost the highest number of at-risk children in Wales who had not been allocated a social worker.
The AM asked every council in Wales how many children were on its books who did not have an allocated social worker.
SOUTH Wales West regional Conservative AM Alun Cairns has welcomed news that Auditor General for Wales Jeremy Colman is to investigate how the new health boards are controlling management costs.
This announcement comes in the wake of damaging revelations over Christmas that the mergers of 22 Local Health Boards in Wales with NHS Trusts to create seven new bodies had not led to the loss of a single manager - although their jobs had disappeared.
AREAS like Swansea and Gower are paying the price for the Welsh Assembly Government's disastrous decision to abolish the Wales Tourist Board and run tourism itself.
That's the claim of regional Conservative AM Alun Cairns who said that the number of tourists visiting Wales had fallen by more than 1.2m during the past three years - despite the recession and the strong Euro.
