English: Digital does offer so much potential, doesn't it, in terms of enhancing people's lives, strengthening the links between people and people and services, and helping business to adapt, but modernising in this way can also perversely mean that some people are left further and further behind. I know that one of the principal drivers behind the strategy is about reducing inequality - that's already come up with what Paul Davies was asking - and we know that superfast broadband availability and mobile services in Wales, as you've already just acknowledged, are below the UK average; nearly 8,000 premises in Wales can't access a decent broadband service or get 4G coverage indoors. Ofcom has found that too many people aren't aware of the options for connectivity that could be available to them. So, could you outline, please, how you'd like to raise people's awareness of the services that are available to them, but that, for whatever reason, they're not making use of? Could you also, please, explain how the Government is supporting - this has already come up with what you've been talking about with Paul - people who might be more marginalised for lots of different reasons about gaining these digital skills? Again, I know that this is something that's already been discussed just now. I'm thinking not just of particular communities - older people, people with disabilities, people who lack confidence to use the services online - because there seems to be this almost perverse dichotomy that there will be people who live their lives surrounded by these possibilities. We're not talking maybe about the people who live in rural areas where the possibilities just are really tantalisingly out of reach, but people who could be able to access paying for things online, purchasing tickets online, checking bus times online, doing online banking, all these different things, but, for a combination of different reasons, they don't take up that offer, and so the community around them gets more and more connected, but they, in the centre, get less and less engaged. I know it's a real quandary, but, as things progress more and more, how would you think we can make sure that, for the people who are left behind, that that gap doesn't get even bigger? Minister, I'd also like to hear your thoughts about how the interconnectedness between communities in Wales could be strengthened as well through this. There is an undeniable digital divide between communities and Cardiff. I think in other cities there's something like 93 per cent mobile voice coverage, and that compares with only 52 per cent in some rural areas. Do you agree that access to digital infrastructure shouldn't be a luxury, it should be a necessity in modern life? I do completely agree with what you were just espousing in terms of how you view that the state's stance should be almost in terms of connecting people digitally, as we do with the postal service, because, like what I was highlighting with individuals, the same thing is true of communities too. How can the strategy be used to ensure that this gap grows smaller not wider? Finally, I'd like to know more about how this strategy could be used as a tool to tackle loneliness and isolation, building on what's already been said. So many studies have shown that loneliness can lead to distress, emotional strain, but also physical ill health, like heart disease and obesity and high blood pressure. Digital connectivity doesn't just help people connect with services, like health services, of course, but also with support networks. So, how can we make sure that the people who need it most will be able to benefit from what's available?
Welsh: Mae gwasanaeth digidol yn cynnig cymaint o botensial, onid yw, o ran gwella bywydau pobl, cryfhau'r cysylltiadau rhwng pobl a phobl a gwasanaethau, a helpu busnesau i addasu, ond gall moderneiddio fel hyn hefyd olygu bod rhai pobl yn cael eu gadael ymhellach ac ymhellach ar ôl. Rwy'n gwybod mai un o'r prif ffactorau sy'n sbarduno'r strategaeth yw lleihau anghydraddoldeb - mae hynny eisoes yn cynnig yr hyn yr oedd Paul Davies yn ei ofyn - a gwyddom ni fod argaeledd band eang cyflym iawn a gwasanaethau symudol yng Nghymru, fel yr ydych chi eisoes newydd gydnabod, yn is na chyfartaledd y DU; ni all bron i 8,000 o safleoedd yng Nghymru gael gwasanaeth band eang boddhaol na chael gwasanaeth 4G dan do. Mae Ofcom wedi darganfod bod gormod o bobl nad ydynt yn ymwybodol o'r dewisiadau ar gyfer cysylltedd a allai fod ar gael iddyn nhw. Felly, a allwch chi amlinellu, os gwelwch yn dda, sut yr hoffech chi godi ymwybyddiaeth pobl o'r gwasanaethau sydd ar gael iddyn nhw, ond nad ydyn nhw, am ba reswm bynnag, yn eu defnyddio? A allwch chi hefyd, os gwelwch yn dda, egluro sut y mae'r Llywodraeth yn cefnogi - mae hyn eisoes wedi codi yn yr hyn yr ydych chi wedi bod yn sôn amdano gyda Paul - pobl a allai fod yn fwy ymylol am lawer o resymau gwahanol dros ennill y sgiliau digidol hyn? Unwaith eto, gwn i fod hyn yn rhywbeth sydd eisoes wedi'i drafod yn gynharach. Rwy'n meddwl nid yn unig am gymunedau penodol - pobl hŷn, pobl ag anableddau, pobl nad oes ganddyn nhw hyder i ddefnyddio'r gwasanaethau ar-lein - oherwydd mae'n ymddangos bod y ddeuoliaeth hon bron yn wrthnysig y bydd pobl sy'n byw eu bywydau wedi'u hamgylchynu gan y posibiliadau hyn. Nid ydym ni'n sôn efallai am y bobl sy'n byw mewn ardaloedd gwledig lle mae'r posibiliadau wir y tu hwnt i'w cyrraedd, ond pobl a fyddai'n gallu manteisio ar dalu am bethau ar-lein, prynu tocynnau ar-lein, cadarnhau amseroedd bysiau ar-lein, gwneud bancio ar-lein, yr holl bethau gwahanol hyn, ond, am gyfuniad o wahanol resymau, nid ydyn nhw'n manteisio ar y cynnig hwnnw, ac felly mae'r gymuned o'u cwmpas yn cael mwy a mwy o gysylltiad, ond maen nhw, yn y canol, yn ymgysylltu yn llai ac yn llai. Rwy'n gwybod ei fod wir yn benbleth, ond, wrth i bethau fynd yn eu blaenau fwy a mwy, sut y byddech chi'n meddwl y gallwn ni sicrhau, i'r bobl sy'n cael eu gadael ar ôl, nad yw'r bwlch hwnnw'n mynd yn fwy byth? Gweinidog, hoffwn i glywed eich barn hefyd am sut y byddai modd cryfhau'r rhyng-gysylltiad rhwng cymunedau yng Nghymru hefyd drwy hyn. Mae rhaniad digidol diamheuol rhwng cymunedau a Chaerdydd. Mewn dinasoedd eraill, rwy'n credu bod rhywbeth yn debyg i 93 y cant o ddarpariaeth llais ffôn symudol, ac mae hynny'n cymharu â dim ond 52 y cant mewn rhai ardaloedd gwledig. A ydych chi'n cytuno na ddylai mynediad i seilwaith digidol fod yn foethusrwydd, dylai fod yn anghenraid mewn bywyd modern? Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â'r hyn yr oeddech chi'n ei arddel o ran sut yr ydych chi'n ystyried y dylai safbwynt y wladwriaeth fod o ran cysylltu pobl yn ddigidol, fel y gwnawn ni gyda'r gwasanaeth post, oherwydd, fel yr hyn yr oeddwn i'n tynnu sylw ato o ran unigolion, mae'r un peth yn wir am gymunedau hefyd. Sut y mae modd defnyddio'r strategaeth i sicrhau bod y bwlch hwn yn mynd yn llai nid yn ehangach? Yn olaf, hoffwn i wybod mwy am sut y byddai modd defnyddio'r strategaeth hon fel offeryn i ymdrin ag unigrwydd ac ynysigrwydd, gan ddatblygu'r hyn sydd eisoes wedi'i ddweud. Mae cynifer o astudiaethau wedi dangos y gall unigrwydd arwain at drallod, straen emosiynol, ond hefyd salwch corfforol, fel clefyd y galon a gordewdra a phwysedd gwaed uchel. Mae cysylltedd digidol nid yn unig yn helpu pobl i gysylltu â gwasanaethau, fel gwasanaethau iechyd, wrth gwrs, ond hefyd â rhwydweithiau cymorth. Felly, sut y gallwn ni sicrhau y bydd y bobl sydd ei angen fwyaf yn gallu elwa ar yr hyn sydd ar gael?