Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:42 pm on 27 November 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 1:42, 27 November 2018

As I said, I think that would be entirely the wrong approach to organisational challenge. The Member is very keen on highlighting some of the negative aspects and, absolutely, the organisation has a number of things that it needs to address, and its new management arrangements are designed to address them. But I think there are two sides to every story. It is important to remember that during storm Callum, for example, NRW delivered internationally acclaimed projects to help with emergency responder issues, with flood protection, with alleviation. It manages 7 per cent of Wales's land area and employs 1,900 staff. It is important that the management of that organisation has the chance to bed in and sort out its problems. I think I'm right in quoting a Roman general in saying that the illusion of change can be done by simply moving the boards around. What you actually need is real management structural change and we believe we've now got the management team in place to do that.