Party and constituency: Labour, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire. (From Western Telegraph)

Party and constituency: Labour, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.

Name: Christine Gwyther. Date and place of birth: 9/8/59, Pembroke. Resident: Pembroke Dock. Children: none. Employment: sitting AM for constituency. Political background: Union representative; Labour Party parliamentary agent before fighting Assembly seat.

Public service: Was in Welsh cabinet 1999-2000 (agriculture and rural development); chairman of Assembly's economic development committee, and Wales-Ireland Interreg programme. Personal interests: west Wales beaches and cliff walking; cooking for friends; literature. Clubs:

Lifetime member of the Pembrokeshire Business Club, RSPB member.

If elected, what will you try to do about the following local issues: Attracting new jobs?

Our people and our skills are second to none. The new civil service jobs coming to the Cleddau Bridge call centre are fantastic. We need to capitalise on this. Local economy?

The local economy is more mixed than it has ever been, with better paid 'knowledge economy' jobs coming in. Road/rail links?

The A40 dualling is in the government programme. The rail links between Pembroke Dock and Carmarthen need to be strengthened. Bluestone project and tourism?

This project should be seen as a great oportunity. Local health service?

We need to encourage more health professionals to come west. Only decently funded hospitals and facilities will make that happen. New hospitals for Pembroke Dock and Tenby are vital. Farming?

Farming families face difficult times and deserve support. More emphasis on adding value to our basic products. We must ensure farming payments are made on time. Education and schools? Smaller class sizes, free school milk, free breakfasts will all help provide children with a good start in life. 50,000 students in Wales receive Labour's Assembly Learning Grants. What sums up your constituency's challenge?

Peripherality - being at the end of the line - is both our greatest threat and greatest asset. It makes it difficult to recruit health professionals and encourage inward investment, yet provides us with our fantastic scenery and cultural heritage. Pembrokeshire is doing well out of the Objective One programme, but I would like to see it do better.