David Melding was first elected to the Assembly in May 1999. David is the Shadow Minister for Economic Development in the Assembly and the Welsh Conservatives' director of policy. He has previously chaired the Assembly's Audit, Health and Social Services, and Standards of Conduct Committees and, before the 2007 elections, was spokesman on local government and public services. As the party's policy director David wrote the Welsh Conservatives' manifestos for the 2003 and 2007 Assembly elections. David currently sits on the Enterprise and Learning Committee and the Subordinate Legislation Committee. His political interests include community care, health and constitutional affairs.

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