Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 27 November 2018.

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Photo of Paul Davies Paul Davies Conservative 1:38, 27 November 2018

(Translated)

Well, I'm pleased that she would agree with that, because we do have an institution here in Wales that is operating without giving due regard to legal frameworks or taxpayers’ money. As you know, Natural Resources Wales is responsible for a catalogue of failings that have grave outcomes for the sustainable management of Wales’s resources. Not only have the body’s accounts been qualified for three of the five years of its operation, but it’s also lost £1 million of public money to the taxpayer. In a damning report on NRW, the Public Accounts Committee has raised concerns that the institution isn’t taking responsibility for its failings and has disregarded many recommendations made by the auditor general. When I asked the First Minister back in October, he was of the view that this organisation was fit for purpose. So, do you as a Government still believe that this organisation is fit for purpose?