English: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. Last year, the Public Accounts Committee criticised NRW for giving a £39 million contract to BSW Timber in Newbridge-on-Wye without competition. It did not represent value for money but it was justified on the grounds that the firm would invest in a new sawmill, which would benefit the industry overall. They didn't deliver on that deal. We now discover that NRW has done it again. The Wales Audit Office now tells us NRW has awarded 59 contracts where there's no evidence this has been done at market price, and some contracts were awarded without tender. Twenty one of these were to BSW Timber, the same company that had reneged on the last deal. What is going on in NRW? To have their accounts qualified for the third year running is unprecedented and frankly outrageous. I'm struggling to think of an explanation for why this might be. Might it be corruption or incompetence? But it does appear that the forestry section of NRW is out of control; the internal audit controls are not fit for purpose. Where is the board in all of this? After the woeful performance before the PAC, the previous chief executive, Emyr Roberts, left, albeit with a large pay-off, which does stick in the throat. I'm encouraged by the auditors' view that the new CEO, Clare Pillman, has responded in a way that suggests that she does take the issues, at last, seriously, but what about the chair, Diane McCrea? Where has she been? How could she let this happen again? She was in charge last year. I think this should give us pause for thought about creating large organisations like this. If this was any other organisation - if this was a local authority, we'd be putting them under special measures. So, I'd ask the Cabinet Secretary - . I think this is an extremely serious situation. I'm really quite angry and baffled that this has happened for the third year running, and I'd hope she takes this extremely seriously, and I think there should be accountability from the senior leadership at board level and at executive level of this organisation, which does seem to be out of control.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Y llynedd, cafodd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru eu beirniadu gan y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus am roi contract gwerth £39 miliwn i BSW Timber yn y Bontnewydd-ar-Wy heb gystadleuaeth. Nid oedd yn cynrychioli gwerth am arian, ond cafodd ei gyfiawnhau ar y sail y byddai'r cwmni'n buddsoddi mewn melin lifio newydd, a fyddai o fudd i'r diwydiant yn gyffredinol. Nid ydynt wedi cadw'r addewid hwnnw. Bellach rydym yn darganfod bod Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi gwneud yr un peth eto. Mae Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru yn dweud wrthym yn awr fod Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi dyfarnu 59 o gontractau lle na cheir unrhyw dystiolaeth fod hyn wedi cael ei wneud am bris y farchnad, a dyfarnwyd rhai contractau heb dendr. Roedd 21 o'r rhain i BSW Timber, yr un cwmni a dorrodd ei addewid yn y cytundeb diwethaf. Beth sy'n digwydd yn Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru? Mae cael eu cyfrifon wedi'u cymhwyso am y drydedd flwyddyn yn olynol yn ddigynsail ac yn warthus a dweud y gwir. Rwy'n cael trafferth meddwl am esboniad pam y gallai hyn fod yn digwydd. A allai fod yn llygredd neu anghymhwysedd? Ond ymddengys bod adran goedwigaeth Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi colli rheolaeth; nid yw'r rheolaethau archwilio mewnol yn addas i'r diben. Ble mae'r bwrdd yn hyn oll? Ar ôl y perfformiad truenus gerbron y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus, gadawodd y prif weithredwr blaenorol, Emyr Roberts, er iddo gael taliad olaf mawr, ac mae hynny'n anodd i'w lyncu. Caf fy nghalonogi gan farn yr archwilwyr fod y prif weithredwr newydd, Clare Pillman, wedi ymateb mewn ffordd sy'n awgrymu ei bod o ddifrif ynghylch y problemau o'r diwedd, ond beth am y cadeirydd, Diane McCrea? Ble mae hi wedi bod? Sut y gallai adael i hyn ddigwydd eto? Hi oedd wrth y llyw y llynedd. Rwy'n credu y dylai hyn wneud inni feddwl yn ddwys ynglŷn â chreu sefydliadau mawr fel hyn. Pe bai hwn yn unrhyw sefydliad arall - pe bai'n awdurdod lleol, byddem yn eu gwneud yn destun mesurau arbennig. Felly, hoffwn ofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet - . Credaf fod hon yn sefyllfa ddifrifol dros ben. Rwy'n ddig iawn ac mewn penbleth pam fod hyn wedi digwydd am y drydedd flwyddyn yn olynol, a buaswn yn gobeithio ei bod yn rhoi ystyriaeth ddifrifol iawn i hyn, a chredaf y dylai fod atebolrwydd gan yr uwch arweinwyr ar lefel y bwrdd ac ar lefel weithredol y sefydliad hwn, sy'n ymddangos fel pe bai wedi colli rheolaeth.