I welcome the Public Accounts Committee's report. I think it's right that they've scrutinised NRW in the way that they have done. There are issues certainly that need to be addressed, but scrapping the whole organisation is not the answer, as far as I'm concerned. It won't help. With the instability and insecurity ahead with Brexit, the last thing we need is the huge organisational upheaval that would be caused by scrapping this organisation and starting again.

The real issue here, of course, is the issue of capacity. Natural Resources Wales has seen a 35 per cent cut in its funding in real terms since it was established just five years ago. At the very same time, of course, it's seen a huge increase in the duties expected of it from Government, through the well-being of future generations Act, the environment Act, the planning Act, and others. That situation, of course, is wholly unsustainable. The chief executive wrote last month about her concerns that NRW's capital allocation of £800,000 was against an actual requirement of over £5 million.

You're right—we should spare a thought about the staff, because the number of sickness absences reported last year saw a considerable increase. That tells it's own story, does it not, as well? There are good people in NRW and we should be paying testament to the fact that they're doing as well as they are and working so admirably under such difficult conditions. So, my question to you, Cabinet Secretary, is this: on its current trajectory of shrinking budgets and increasing workloads, at what point does Natural Resources Wales grind to a dysfunctional halt?