In the year 2007-2008 I have been a member of the Speakers Panel for Planning, the Energy Panel and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund. I am also a member of the Ashton District Assembly.

I have missed one Planning meeting due to training. I suspect this is the joint best attendance of the panel.

In two years I have missed one meeting of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund. This was due to being at a conference. I think this is a very good record of attendance.

With my colleague we have ensured that all our Surgeries have been covered throughout the year.

In two years I have never missed a Full Council meeting.

I have continued attending many training sessions, although not as many as my first year, where I set the record for attending training. This training was predominantly for the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

In the Ward there have been numerous issues that I have had to deal with. Many residents were upset about the traffic calming on St Albans Avenue. This is an ongoing issue for concern, but my colleague and I are monitoring the situation.

My constituents are not all happy about bin collections becoming fortnightly. We believe that food collections should be weekly due to the increased risk of vermin. This would be of particular concern in a hot summer period - not that that is very likely.