I wonder if you'd give way. I wonder if you would care to repeat what you said earlier on, because I thought I may have misheard that you said something like, 'A Labour Government was available for hire by lobbyists.' You may be referring to the Government of which I was a member at the time. Please put on record precisely what you are saying so that I can clarify.

Tybed a wnewch chi ildio. Tybed a hoffech ailadrodd yr hyn a ddywedoch chi'n gynharach, oherwydd roeddwn i'n credu fy mod wedi eich cam-glywed yn dweud rhywbeth tebyg i, 'Roedd Llywodraeth Lafur ar gael i lobïwyr ei llogi.' Efallai eich bod yn cyfeirio at y Llywodraeth roeddwn yn aelod ohoni ar y pryd. A wnewch chi gofnodi'n union beth rydych yn ei ddweud er mwyn i mi ddeall.

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. As Members are aware, on Friday last week, I laid the Autism (Wales) Bill with the Table Office. Can I put on record my sincere thanks to Tom Jackson and his team for their tremendous support and guidance during the development of this Bill? Can I also thank NAS Cymru and the countless stakeholders who have helped make this Bill a reality? This is primary legislation to help improve the lives of people living with autism across Wales, and those people are all around us: colleagues, friends, family. We need to meet their needs, we need to protect their rights, we need to realise their potential. In two consultation exercises and numerous meetings, the autism community has overwhelmingly made it clear that they favour primary legislation, expressing goodwill and support for a Bill. In doing so, they shared their stories and experiences with me. I'd like to tell you one such story, although I'm going to change the names of the people involved.

Diolch ichi, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Fel y gwyddoch, ddydd Gwener yr wythnos diwethaf, gosodais Fil Awtistiaeth (Cymru) yn y Swyddfa Gyflwyno. A gaf fi gofnodi fy niolch diffuant i Tom Jackson a'i dîm am eu cefnogaeth aruthrol a'u harweiniad wrth ddatblygu'r Bil hwn? A gaf fi ddiolch hefyd i Gymdeithas Genedlaethol Awtistiaeth Cymru a'r rhanddeiliaid di-rif sydd wedi helpu i roi bod i'r Bil? Deddfwriaeth sylfaenol yw hon i helpu i wella bywydau pobl sy'n byw gydag awtistiaeth ledled Cymru, ac mae'r bobl hynny o'n cwmpas ym mhob man: cydweithwyr, ffrindiau, teulu. Mae angen inni ddiwallu eu hanghenion, mae angen inni ddiogelu eu hawliau, mae angen inni wireddu eu potensial. Mewn dau ymarfer ymgynghori a chyfarfodydd niferus, mae'r gymuned awtistiaeth wedi dweud yn hynod o glir eu bod o blaid deddfwriaeth sylfaenol, gan fynegi ewyllys da tuag at Fil a'u cefnogaeth iddo. Wrth wneud hynny, maent wedi rhannu eu straeon a'u profiadau gyda mi. Hoffwn ddweud un stori o'r fath wrthych, er fy mod yn mynd i newid enwau'r bobl dan sylw.

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. I appreciate the comments about the discussions that were had around the port of Holyhead, and you're quite right that there's squeezing from both sides, with the increased traffic directly to the continent, but also there's the Northern Ireland link. Can you give me an assurance that you will press the UK Government to not in any way allow Liverpool ports, ports on the Mersey, to be given prominence over Holyhead? I remember as far back as the development of the TEN-T transport network, where Holyhead was seen as lower priority than the ports on the Mersey at that time. Now we're coming to a point where that really means something, and we need those assurances for the port of Holyhead.

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi'r sylwadau am y trafodaethau a gafwyd ynglŷn â phorthladd Caergybi, ac rydych chi yn llygad eich lle bod gwasgu o'r ddwy ochr, gyda'r cynnydd yn y traffig uniongyrchol i'r cyfandir, ond fe geir y cyswllt â Gogledd Iwerddon hefyd. A wnewch chi roi sicrwydd i mi y byddwch chi'n pwyso ar Lywodraeth y DU i beidio â chaniatáu i borthladdoedd Lerpwl, porthladdoedd ar afon Mersi, fod â mwy o amlygrwydd na Chaergybi? Rwy'n cofio mor bell yn ôl â datblygiad y rhwydwaith trafnidiaeth TEN-T, lle'r oedd Caergybi yn cael ei ystyried yn llai teilwng o'r flaenoriaeth na phorthladdoedd afon Mersi bryd hynny. Nawr, rydym ni'n cyrraedd pwynt lle mae hynny'n golygu rhywbeth gwirioneddol, ac mae angen y sicrwydd hwnnw arnom ni i borthladd Caergybi.

I now call on the Deputy Minister to contribute to the debate - Jane Hutt.

Rwy'n galw ar y Dirprwy Weinidog i gyfrannu i'r ddadl - Jane Hutt.