7. 6. Debate on the Report by the Public Accounts Committee on Natural Resources Wales: Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:10 pm on 19 July 2017.

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Photo of Neil McEvoy Neil McEvoy Plaid Cymru 4:10, 19 July 2017

Well, it’s extraordinary, but what is even more extraordinary is it goes on all the time. You know? The next thing I want to talk about is the Lisvane land deal. It’s a similar culture that there is in this building and with this Government, and I’m not alone in suspecting that criminal action may have taken place. I want the South Wales Police to reopen the investigation into the Lisvane land deal, as do some police officers, in private—none of whom are my acquaintances. [Interruption.] I’ve given way once; no, not again. The First Minister won’t comment on the Lisvane land deal because of some legal proceedings which are ongoing, but he did say that it was an episode that did not reflect well on those who were a part of it. I hear colleagues in the Chamber saying this isn’t about NRW. What we’re talking about here is the culture of this Government and the culture of the Wales we live in. [Interruption.] We’re living in a one-party state, one facet of which is, in my opinion, incompetence or corruption. Now, what is destroying—[Interruption.]