English: Can I thank David Rowlands for his contribution and also welcome his support for our vision and our position on the devolution of responsibilities and funding for rail infrastructure? I think David Rowlands makes an important point that we need a transport system that is fit for purpose, and rail is integral to that. We do want parity with Scotland. It's quite obvious. Other parts of the UK enjoy the ability to be able to operate services and invest in infrastructure in the way that we would wish to here in Wales. I think the Member makes an important point about the efficiency of spending and the outcomes of investments. One of our frustrations in recent times has concerned the excessive cost of some improvements to rail infrastructure and the fact that some projects have fallen short in terms of outcomes. For example, I could point to the improvements on the north-south services and the overrun on costs of the work that was undertaken in the attempt to reduce journey times. Those journey times, incidentally, did not reduce as much as was originally anticipated. We would like to take control of such work and I think it's only right then that we would then take full accountability if any work did not meet with the expectations of the public. No part of Wales should lag behind another part of Wales because of a lack of funding. That's why we've been very clear that the devolution of responsibilities should be accompanied by devolution of funding. The metro in the south-east of Wales enjoys significant investment as part of the growth deal for the region. But, in the coming months and years, we will see improvements within other metro areas and in those areas where there are no metro plans yet devised. In particular, I can point to investments that are coming down the track in north-east Wales, where we are seeing investment being pumped into the Deeside industrial estate park and ride scheme, into improvements for bus pilot scheme opportunities right across Wales, and the money that we're spending in the south-west of Wales to develop further the vision for the south-west Wales - the Swansea bay area - metro scheme. But, in order to deliver on this vision and in order to deliver on all of the aims and objectives captured in the written statement that I've outlined today, it will require a significant investment. But, it's not an investment that we should not expect, based on our population and historic underinvestment in rail infrastructure in recent times.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i David Rowlands am ei gyfraniad a hefyd croesawu ei gefnogaeth i'n gweledigaeth a'n safbwynt ar ddatganoli cyfrifoldebau a chyllid ar gyfer y seilwaith rheilffyrdd? Credaf fod David Rowlands yn gwneud sylw pwysig bod arnom ni angen system drafnidiaeth sy'n addas i'r diben, ac mae'r rheilffyrdd yn rhan annatod o hynny. Rydym ni eisiau bod yn gydradd â'r Alban. Mae'n eithaf amlwg. Mae rhannau eraill o'r DU yn mwynhau'r gallu i weithredu gwasanaethau a buddsoddi mewn seilwaith yn y ffordd y byddem yn ei dymuno yma yng Nghymru. Rwy'n credu bod yr Aelod yn gwneud sylw pwysig am effeithlonrwydd gwariant a chanlyniadau buddsoddi. Un o'n rhwystredigaethau yn ystod y cyfnod diweddar oedd cost ormodol rhai gwelliannau i'r seilwaith rheilffyrdd a'r ffaith bod rhai prosiectau wedi methu o ran canlyniadau. Er enghraifft, gallwn dynnu sylw at y gwelliannau o ran y gwasanaethau rhwng y gogledd a'r de a'r gorwario ar gostau'r gwaith a wnaethpwyd yn yr ymdrech i leihau amseroedd teithio. Ni wnaeth yr amseroedd teithio hynny, gyda llaw, leihau cymaint ag a ragwelwyd yn wreiddiol. Hoffem gymryd rheolaeth o waith o'r fath ac rwy'n credu y byddai hi'n gwbl briodol wedyn inni fod yn llwyr atebol pe na bai unrhyw waith yn bodloni disgwyliadau'r cyhoedd. Ni ddylai unrhyw ran o Gymru lusgo y tu ôl i ran arall o Gymru oherwydd diffyg cyllid. Dyna pam yr ydym ni wedi bod yn glir iawn y dylid datganoli cyllid i gyd-fynd â datganoli cyfrifoldebau. Mae'r metro yn ne-ddwyrain Cymru yn cael buddsoddiad sylweddol yn rhan o'r cytundeb twf ar gyfer y rhanbarth. Ond, yn y misoedd a'r blynyddoedd i ddod, byddwn yn gweld gwelliannau mewn ardaloedd metro eraill ac yn y meysydd hynny lle nad oes cynlluniau metro wedi'u dyfeisio eto. Yn arbennig, gallaf gyfeirio at fuddsoddiadau sydd ar y gweill yn y gogledd ddwyrain, lle'r ydym ni'n gweld buddsoddi mawr yng nghynllun parcio a theithio ystad ddiwydiannol Glannau Dyfrdwy, mewn gwelliannau ar gyfer cyfleoedd cynlluniau treialu bysiau ledled Cymru, a'r arian yr ydym ni'n ei wario yn y de orllewin i ddatblygu ymhellach y weledigaeth ar gyfer cynllun metro y de orllewin - ardal Bae Abertawe - . Ond, er mwyn cyflawni'r weledigaeth hon ac er mwyn cyflawni'r holl nodau ac amcanion a nodwyd yn y datganiad ysgrifenedig yr wyf wedi'i amlinellu heddiw, bydd angen buddsoddiad sylweddol. Ond nid yw'n fuddsoddiad na ddylem ei ddisgwyl, yn seiliedig ar ein poblogaeth a thanfuddsoddi hanesyddol yn y seilwaith rheilffyrdd yn y cyfnod diweddar.