English: I congratulate the Finance Committee on its very important report and recommendations, Dirprwy Lywydd. We all know that the challenges involved with Brexit are immense, and the uncertainty is great, and that poses all sorts of very, very difficult challenges for organisations, and, indeed, everybody in Wales. Trying to find a way through is very, very difficult, given the complexity and the reach of our membership into all aspects of life. We've heard mention of some European Union programmes today, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'd like to mention the LIFE programme, which many of our organisations concerned with our environment and nature and biodiversity in Wales value greatly, and have requested that it be highlighted in terms of continuation of funding. It has been critical to nature and, by extension, well-being in Wales, since 1992, when it first started. Over that period, we've had 18 nature and biodiversity LIFE projects in Wales, with a total value of over €65 million - €36 million of which is directly from European Union funds. I would say, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I know many would agree, that money has achieved a lot and has been put to very good use. I think that's very much the view of Welsh Government, given that the Welsh Government's own nature recovery plan for Wales lists several LIFE-funded projects that are critical to the achievement of nature conservation objectives in our country, and it specifically mentions LIFE as crucial to achieving our nature recovery objectives. So, given that centrality of that programme, those projects and that funding to nature, biodiversity and well-being in Wales, I wonder if the Cabinet Secretary might consider calling on UK Government to replace the EU LIFE nature fund with an equivalent dedicated funding programme for nature as we move forward.
Welsh: Rwy'n llongyfarch y Pwyllgor Cyllid ar ei adroddiad a'i argymhellion pwysig iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Mae pawb ohonom yn gwybod bod yr heriau sydd ynghlwm wrth Brexit yn enfawr, ac mae'r ansicrwydd yn fawr, ac mae hynny'n creu pob math o heriau anodd tu hwnt i sefydliadau, ac i bawb yng Nghymru yn wir. Mae ceisio dod o hyd i ffordd drwodd yn anodd eithriadol o ystyried cymhlethdod a chyrhaeddiad ein haelodaeth ym mhob agwedd ar fywyd. Clywsom sôn am rai o raglenni'r Undeb Ewropeaidd heddiw, Ddirprwy Lywydd, a hoffwn sôn am y rhaglen LIFE y mae llawer o'n sefydliadau sy'n ymwneud â'n hamgylchedd a natur a bioamrywiaeth yng Nghymru yn rhoi gwerth mawr arni, ac rydym wedi gofyn iddi gael sylw o ran parhau cyllid. Mae wedi bod yn hanfodol i natur ac o ganlyniad i hynny, i les yng Nghymru ers 1992 pan ddechreuodd gyntaf. Dros y cyfnod hwnnw, rydym wedi cael 18 o brosiectau natur a bioamrywiaeth LIFE yng Nghymru, sy'n werth dros €65 miliwn i gyd - gyda €36 miliwn ohono'n dod yn uniongyrchol o gronfeydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd. Buaswn yn dweud, Ddirprwy Lywydd, a gwn y byddai llawer yn cytuno, fod yr arian hwnnw wedi cyflawni llawer ac wedi'i ddefnyddio'n dda iawn. Credaf mai dyna farn bendant Llywodraeth Cymru, o gofio bod cynllun adfer natur Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun ar gyfer Cymru'n rhestru sawl prosiect a ariennir gan LIFE sy'n allweddol i gyflawni amcanion cadwraeth natur yn ein gwlad, ac mae'n sôn yn benodol am LIFE fel rhywbeth sy'n hanfodol i gyflawni ein hamcanion adfer natur. Felly, o ystyried pa mor ganolog yw'r rhaglen honno, y prosiectau hynny a'r cyllid hwnnw i natur, bioamrywiaeth a lles yng Nghymru, tybed a fyddai Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ystyried galw ar Lywodraeth y DU i roi rhaglen ariannu benodol gyfatebol ar waith yn lle cronfa natur EU LIFE ar gyfer natur wrth inni symud ymlaen.