English: I'd like to thank the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and members of the committee as well for their diligence this year, but also the auditor general for shining a democratic light in some pretty dark corners. The Assembly year has ended as it began, with damning reports from the auditor general into Labour Wales. In this instance, we're here to talk about the actions of Natural Resources Wales. It really comes to something when a timber contract is contentious. A £39 million contract given out without the company even tendering for it and, as the Chair said, state-aid rules may also have been broken, so now NRW may be open to legal challenge, and the accounts have not been given a clean bill of health. Thirty-nine million pounds without competition - it's good work if you can get it - and no proof of value for money either. No proof of value for money. No business case. No business case. Thirty-nine million pounds, and no business case. The chief executive of Natural Resources Wales told the Public Accounts Committee in the first meeting that a full business case had been provided. Then, in the following meeting, the same chief executive conceded that there was no business case in fact, but there was a briefing paper with not a single financial figure in it. That's worth repeating: a £39 million contract given out, with no business case, and a briefing with not a single figure in it. And then suddenly we hear that the chief executive of NRW is riding off into the sunset and taking early retirement without questions being answered. It feels like I'm in this Chamber every week almost, pointing out a new waste of money. Just a few months ago, the chair and deputy chair of Sport Wales were sacked after a Deloitte investigation showed some companies were given specifications for tender before other companies, and those privileged companies were then given the contracts. You've had the issue this week as well of the health board, very similar things there.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus ac aelodau'r pwyllgor hefyd am eu diwydrwydd eleni, ond hefyd i'r archwilydd cyffredinol am daflu goleuni democrataidd i gorneli go dywyll. Mae blwyddyn y Cynulliad wedi dod i ben fel y dechreuodd, gydag adroddiadau damniol gan yr archwilydd cyffredinol ar Lafur Cymru. Yn yr achos hwn, rydym yma i siarad am weithgarwch Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru. Mae'n sefyllfa wirioneddol ddrwg pan fo contract coed yn ddadleuol. Contract £39 miliwn a roddwyd heb i'r cwmni dendro amdano hyd yn oed, ac fel y dywedodd y Cadeirydd, mae'n bosibl fod rheolau cymorth gwladwriaethol wedi'u torri hefyd, felly gallai Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru fod yn agored i her gyfreithiol yn awr, ac nid yw'r cyfrifon wedi cael eu hystyried yn holliach. Tri deg naw miliwn o bunnau heb gystadleuaeth - mae'n waith da os gallwch ei gael - a dim prawf o werth am arian chwaith. Dim prawf o werth am arian. Dim achos busnes. Dim achos busnes. Tri deg naw miliwn o bunnau, a dim achos busnes. Dywedodd prif weithredwr Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wrth y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus yn y cyfarfod cyntaf fod achos busnes llawn wedi'i ddarparu. Yna, yn y cyfarfod dilynol, cyfaddefodd yr un prif weithredwr nad oedd unrhyw achos busnes mewn gwirionedd, ond roedd yna bapur briffio heb unrhyw ffigur ariannol ynddo. Mae hynny'n werth ei ailadrodd: contract gwerth £39 miliwn wedi'i roi allan, heb unrhyw achos busnes, a phapur briffio heb unrhyw ffigur ynddo. Ac yna yn sydyn rydym yn clywed bod prif weithredwr Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yn gadael ac yn ymddeol yn gynnar heb fod cwestiynau'n cael eu hateb. Mae'n teimlo fel pe bawn yn y Siambr hon bob wythnos bron yn nodi achos newydd o wastraff arian. Ychydig fisoedd yn ôl yn unig, cafodd cadeirydd a dirprwy gadeirydd Chwaraeon Cymru eu diswyddo ar ôl ymchwiliad Deloitte a ddangosai fod rhai cwmnïau wedi cael manylebau ar gyfer tendro cyn cwmnïau eraill, a'r contractau'n cael eu rhoi i'r cwmnïau breintiedig hynny wedyn. Yr wythnos hon hefyd, rydych wedi cael mater y bwrdd iechyd, a phethau tebyg iawn yno.