6. Debate on the Public Accounts Committee Report: Natural Resources Wales's Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:14 pm on 13 February 2019.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 4:14, 13 February 2019

Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It is regrettable that, just over 18 months on from when I stood here in this Chamber relaying concerns regarding issues of irregularity within the administration and governance arrangements in NRW, following the qualification of Natural Resources Wales's 2015-16 accounts—well, here we go again, following a qualification of the 2017-18 accounts due to the same irregularity issues, for new transitional contracts. The committee has found itself in a certain sense of groundhog day as we examined and re-examined a number of concerning issues surrounding the awarding of timber contracts by NRW over the last two years.