 He has long served as the Welsh Conservatives' Director of Policy, writing manifestos for the 2003, 2007 and 2011 assembly elections.He served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd between 2011 and 2016.In 2016 he was mentioned as a likely name to seek the role of Presiding Officer to succeed the outgoing Rosemary Butler, but in May he confirmed we would not be standing.