MADAM, Why is the ambulance service in Wales so poor? The figures given out by the Welsh Government show that less than half of emergency calls hit the minimum response time in the Aneurin Bevan Health Board area. How on earth is this possible? Overall the rates are not very good but in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouth and Torfaen the figures are dreadful. Even Newport is 10 per cent below the minimum target. I don't blame the paramedics who do a great job. Surely this is a shameful indictment of the Welsh Government. Week after week we see Labour AMs blaming every one under the sun for problems in Wales. Yet the ambulance service is the clear responsibility of the Labour run Welsh Government. I remember Labour saying that response times would be met six months ago. What a farce. I know that Plaid Cymru is committed to link health and care so that patients could be released from hospital earlier. This would be a huge benefit and avoid the obscene queues of ambulances at major hospitals that we regularly see. We also need to review the out of hours care service so that unnecessary attendance at A and E can be avoided. It's time to give a shock to the complacent Labour rule in Cardiff Bay. To my mind Plaid offers a better option than the same old tired and lazy Labour AMs. David Wilton (Penarth)