English: I applaud the Cabinet Secretary for issuing his statement at the earliest opportunity, but isn't there a certain irony that we are applauding him for accelerating a statement about further delays in the project itself? This is more than disappointing. Of course, the inquiry will have to consider the best forecasts that are available, but not all the evidence of the inquiry will relate to traffic forecasts, and I don't see why the inquiry needs to be delayed for this purpose. It might need to be adjourned at some stage in order to resume later if the forecasts aren't available at the right time, but, in any event, it would be possible to take evidence and then to have further hearings if any revisions are necessary. What is vitally necessary is that we get on with this project as quickly as possible. It seems to me, as Dai Lloyd has pointed out, we've been talking about this since time immemorial, and the biggest roadblock on the M4 in the last eight years has been the Welsh Government itself, because they could have got on with this years and years ago. What we know is that the M4 is overcrowded now, and it will get more overcrowded in future. The traffic forecasts are not likely to arrive at the conclusion that the traffic flows that we have today are going to be reduced. Therefore, it seems to me that this is just a further example of obfuscation and delay. But we could make use of the time now made available to do further work on the blue route, which would be of relevance to the inquiry. We, for our part in UKIP, have extended the hand of friendship to the Government to say that if, at the end of the day, the black route is the only route available, then we will be prepared to make it happen, because the black route is better than no route, but we still prefer the blue route. A proper feasibility study could be done, funded by the Welsh Government. So far, Professor Stuart Cole seems to have been doing it all by himself. I'm going to ask the Cabinet Secretary, therefore, whether he will take advantage of the delay in order to facilitate that.
Welsh: Rwy'n canmol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am gyhoeddi ei ddatganiad ar y cyfle cyntaf. Ond onid oes eironi penodol ein bod ni'n ei ganmol am gyflymu datganiad ynglŷn ag oedi pellach o ran y prosiect ei hun? Mae hyn yn hynod siomedig. Wrth gwrs, bydd yn rhaid i'r ymchwiliad ystyried y rhagolygon gorau sydd ar gael, ond ni fydd holl dystiolaeth yr ymchwiliad yn ymwneud â rhagolygon traffig, ac nid wyf yn gweld pam mae angen gohirio'r ymchwiliad at y diben hwn. Efallai y bydd angen ei ohirio ar ryw adeg er mwyn ailddechrau nes ymlaen os nad yw'r rhagolygon ar gael ar yr adeg iawn. Beth bynnag, byddai'n bosibl cymryd tystiolaeth a chael rhagor o wrandawiadau os bydd angen unrhyw ddiwygiadau. Yr hyn sy'n hollol angenrheidiol yw ein bod yn bwrw ymlaen â'r prosiect hwn cyn gynted â phosibl. Mae'n ymddangos i mi, fel y nododd Dai Lloyd, ein bod wedi bod yn siarad am hyn ers cyn cof, a'r rhwystr mwyaf sydd wedi bod ar yr M4 yn ystod yr wyth mlynedd diwethaf yw Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun, oherwydd gallai fod wedi bwrw ymlaen â hyn flynyddoedd yn ôl. Yr hyn a wyddom ni yw bod gormod o draffig ar yr M4 erbyn hyn, a bydd hyn yn gwaethygu yn y dyfodol. Nid yw'r rhagolygon traffig yn debygol o ddod i'r casgliad bod y llifau traffig sydd gennym heddiw am leihau. Felly, mae'n ymddangos i mi fod hyn enghraifft arall o oedi a dewis peidio mynd i'r afael yn uniongyrchol â'r her. Ond gallem ni wneud defnydd o'r amser sydd bellach ar gael i wneud rhagor o waith ar y llwybr glas, a fyddai'n berthnasol i'r ymchwiliad. Rydym ni, o ran ein rhan yn UKIP, wedi estyn llaw cyfeillgarwch i'r Llywodraeth i ddweud y byddwn ni yn barod i sicrhau bod y llwybr du yn digwydd os mai'r llwybr du, ar ddiwedd y dydd, yw'r unig lwybr sydd ar gael, gan fod y llwybr du yn well na dim llwybr o gwbl. Ond mae'n well gennym y llwybr glas o hyd. Gellid gwneud astudiaeth ddichonoldeb briodol, wedi'i hariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Hyd yn hyn, mae'n ymddangos mai'r Athro Stuart Cole sydd wedi bod yn gwneud pob dim ei hun. Rwyf am ofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, felly, a fydd ef yn manteisio ar yr oedi er mwyn hwyluso hynny.