Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:21 pm on 19 July 2017.
So, I just simply wanted to add my concern to the way in which this contract has been handled, and the delay in NRW putting its house in order, if you like, because the initial evidence-giving sessions with the chief executive of NRW were of somebody who was in denial that there was a problem. So, I’m glad to see the action plan that has now been produced as a response to the latest PAC report does put in place the action required, but I think it does ask some questions for the Welsh Government as to whether NRW any longer has the capacity to play the strategic role in the wood industry in this country that we desperately need, both as a form of import substitution and as a way of ensuring that the raw material exists for us to substitute other more carbon-damaging products with wood. So, I hope that the Cabinet Secretary will give some reassurance on that point, because I think that that is—. Quite apart from the actual specifics of the contract, I think the strategic issues are also very important.