Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru

Y Pwyllgor Amgylchedd a Chynaliadwyedd

NRW 2015 – 24

Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Craffu Cyffredinol 2015

Ymateb gan Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park Environmental Records Centre Limited (Saesneg Yn Unig)

I write in response to your invitation to comment on the performance of Natural Resources Wales with regard to its relationship with its stakeholders.

As Chairman of the Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park Environmental Records Centre Limited I can report that in general we enjoy good relations with NRW and especially the staff with whom we deal regarding operational matters.

However one aspect of our relationship causes us great difficulty and that is the long delays that occur before we receive money that is owing to us by NRW. As a small Limited Company we find that such delays have a very serious effect on our cash flow and could risk our very existence.

It seems to us that all the hard work that is put in by operational NRW staff to develop good relations with us for the benefit of the Welsh environment is put at risk by such an inability to settle invoices, which I would have thought would be central to the effective running of a large organisation such as NRW.

Yours sincerely

Dr Norman Lowe OBE

Chairman

Powys and Brecon Beacons National Park Environmental Records Centre Limited