English: But the bit I've been thinking about since taking over the portfolio is, as well as attracting businesses into Blaenau Gwent, what can we do to support the businesses already in Blaenau Gwent? Because this is one of the most challenged communities we have in our country, and we owe it a moral debt, in my view, to address those challenges and to support those communities, not just attracting the shiny and new, but looking at those resilient companies that have been there struggling under very challenging conditions for generations or more, and some of them are looking tired when you look at some of the buildings that they have. And also, because of their part in the supply chain, they are quite vulnerable to many of the changes that we are now seeing being unleashed, both from the change in the automotive sector but also the impact that Brexit is going to have on creating friction in our trading relationships. So, what can we do to help those existing businesses and what can we do to help those businesses to become more tech savvy and more resilient in the digital disruption that we know is coming towards us? That's what I've been focusing on, and there are a couple of things that I can tell Members about that we have done in that regard. The first is the commitment to a productivity enhancement programme that will bring together the Welsh Government's regional teams; the smart innovation programme, which is the highly regarded Welsh Government innovation programme; the local council of economic development and the Upskilling@Work project, led by Coleg Gwent, in partnership with Swansea University's ASTUTE 2020 programme, which is taking research and development facilities to small and medium-sized enterprises that don't have their own in-house R&D facilities and then making that, through European funding, available across Wales. And we're looking to see whether or not we can have a specific focus on that programme in Blaenau Gwent, but also across the A465 area. I agree with Alun Davies's point that we need to make sure that the enormous investment that we're putting into the Heads of the Valleys road, more than the investment we'd intended to put into the M4 when that was first committed - over £1 billion for this road - we need to make sure that we get bang for our buck there and sweat that investment. The Valleys taskforce now has a sub-group focused specifically on the A465, taking forward the work that Alun Davies as a Minister to try and create an economic strategy for that road. That is very much in train, and we're looking to see how we can bring this R&D focus on that Heads of the Valleys road. The other thing that we're doing on top of that is a 5G programme that Simon Gibson, through the work that he began in the innovation board, continues with the Welsh Government through a task and finish group, and we've just had funding announced from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport for a 5G test bed in the Monmouthshire/Blaenau Gwent area, which has got significant potential. That will have a focus on that area to work alongside the Cardiff capital region. So, again, another tech-related project, but looking at the businesses there. So, there's going to be the productivity enhancement programme, which is about enhancing the skills and wages that we have there. On top of that, I've asked Tegid Roberts, who did the work to bring Raspberry Pi manufacturing back to Bridgend to look specifically at what firms there are existing in Blaenau Gwent and how he, along with our internal teams, can work with a handful of firms to see how they can be helped to grow, and what investment we might provide on top of that. So, I think building what we've got there is as important, if not more important, than spending the £100 million on attracting new businesses. So, I think that's a really important element to our work. As has been mentioned, Mark Reckless asked a question about the road, as did Alun Davies, and we are doing our best to overcome the current difficulties we're having with the contractor and the engineering complexities of the Clydach gorge, and we're still working very hard to complete, at the very minimum, the Gilwern to Brynmawr section as soon as possible before going on to complete the rest of it. But, as I say, as important as building the road is then making sure that we make the most of the road that is there. I hope I've addressed the majority of the points that Members wanted addressed. If I haven't, we do have a minute left and I will do my best to remedy that. In conclusion, Dirprwy Lywydd, if there are no further comments, I think we need to recognise how challenging this is as an economic development prospect. The whole purpose of creating it in the first place is that this was hard to do and hadn't been successfully done to date. The tech focus is the right one. The definition of what tech looks like, I think, is necessarily flexing and changing as the global economy demands. We are focusing particularly on skills. I think that is right. I want, as I said, to add the grounded firms element to it, but tying that together with the work of the Valleys taskforce, the work of the Cardiff capital region, I think, is vitally important, so, as Alun Davies rightly said, we don't have stop-start economic development, but we follow through on the ambitions that he set out as a Minister that all the colleagues who represent Valleys communities remain committed to, and I certainly, as a Minister, intend to do what I can in the time that I have to fulfil the vision of that ambition.
Welsh: Ond y darn y bûm yn meddwl amdano ers ymgymryd â'r portffolio, yn ogystal â denu busnesau i Flaenau Gwent, yw beth y gallwn ei wneud i gefnogi'r busnesau sydd eisoes ym Mlaenau Gwent? Oherwydd dyma un o'r cymunedau sy'n wynebu'r her fwyaf yn ein gwlad, ac mae arnom ddyled foesol iddi yn fy marn i, i fynd i'r afael â'r heriau hynny a chefnogi'r cymunedau, nid dim ond denu'r disglair a'r newydd, ond edrych ar y cwmnïau gwydn sydd wedi wedi bod yn brwydro dan amodau anodd iawn am genedlaethau neu fwy, ac mae rhai ohonynt yn edrych yn flinedig pan edrychwch ar rai o'r adeiladau sydd ganddynt. Ac oherwydd eu rhan yn y gadwyn gyflenwi, maent yn eithaf agored i lawer o'r newidiadau a welwn bellach, o'r newid yn y sector modurol ond hefyd o'r effaith y mae Brexit yn mynd i'w chael ar greu gwrthdaro yn ein cysylltiadau masnachol. Felly, beth y gallwn ei wneud i helpu'r busnesau sy'n bodoli'n barod a beth y gallwn ei wneud i helpu'r busnesau hynny i ddod yn fwy deallus yn dechnolegol ac yn fwy gwydn yn yr aflonyddwch digidol y gwyddom ei fod yn dod tuag atom? Dyna y bûm yn canolbwyntio arno, ac mae cwpl o bethau y gallaf eu dweud wrth yr Aelodau am yr hyn a wnaethom yn y cyswllt hwnnw. Y cyntaf yw'r ymrwymiad i raglen gwella cynhyrchiant a fydd yn dwyn timau rhanbarthol Llywodraeth Cymru at ei gilydd; y rhaglen arloesi deallus, sef rhaglen arloesi uchel ei pharch Llywodraeth Cymru; prosiect y cyngor datblygu economaidd lleol a phrosiect Upskilling@Work, dan arweiniad Coleg Gwent, mewn partneriaeth â rhaglen ASTUTE 2020 Prifysgol Abertawe, sy'n mynd â chyfleusterau ymchwil a datblygu i fusnesau bach a chanolig eu maint nad oes ganddynt eu cyfleusterau ymchwil a datblygu mewnol a sicrhau bod hynny ar gael ar draws Cymru, drwy arian Ewropeaidd. Ac rydym yn ceisio gweld a allwn ganolbwyntio'n benodol ar y rhaglen honno ym Mlaenau Gwent, ond hefyd ar draws ardal yr A465. Rwy'n cytuno â phwynt Alun Davies fod angen inni sicrhau bod y buddsoddiad enfawr a wnawn ar ffordd Blaenau'r Cymoedd, sy'n fwy na'r buddsoddiad roeddem wedi bwriadu ei wneud ar yr M4 pan gafodd hwnnw ei addo'n wreiddiol - dros £1 biliwn ar y ffordd hon - mae angen inni wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn cael y gwerth mwyaf am ein harian a gwneud y gorau o'r buddsoddiad hwnnw. Bellach, mae gan dasglu'r Cymoedd is-grŵp sy'n canolbwyntio'n benodol ar yr A465, gan fwrw ymlaen â'r gwaith a wnaeth Alun Davies fel Gweinidog i geisio creu strategaeth economaidd ar gyfer y ffordd honno. Mae hynny'n sicr yn cael ei wneud, ac rydym yn ystyried sut y gallwn ddod â'r ffocws ymchwil a datblygu hwn i ffordd Blaenau'r Cymoedd. Y peth arall rydym yn ei wneud ar ben hynny yw rhaglen 5G y mae Simon Gibson, drwy'r gwaith a ddechreuodd gyda'r bwrdd arloesi, yn ei barhau gyda Llywodraeth Cymru drwy grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen, ac rydym newydd gael arian a gyhoeddwyd gan yr Adran Ddigidol, Diwylliant, Cyfryngau a Chwaraeon ar gyfer man prawf 5G yn ardal Sir Fynwy/Blaenau Gwent, sydd â photensial sylweddol. Bydd hwnnw'n canolbwyntio ar yr ardal honno i weithio ochr yn ochr â phrifddinas-ranbarth Caerdydd. Felly, unwaith eto, prosiect arall sy'n gysylltiedig â thechnoleg, ond gan edrych ar y busnesau yno. Felly, ceir y rhaglen gwella cynhyrchiant, sy'n ymwneud â gwella'r sgiliau a'r cyflogau sydd gennym yno. Ar ben hynny, rwyf wedi gofyn i Tegid Roberts, a wnaeth y gwaith ar ddod â gweithgynhyrchu Raspberry Pi yn ôl i Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr, edrych yn benodol ar yr hyn sy'n bodoli ym Mlaenau Gwent a sut y gall ef, ynghyd â'n timau mewnol, weithio gyda llond llaw o gwmnïau i weld sut y gellir eu helpu i dyfu, a pha fuddsoddiad y gallem ei ddarparu ar ben hynny. Felly, rwy'n credu bod adeiladu'r hyn sydd gennym yno yr un mor bwysig, os nad yn bwysicach, na gwario'r £100 miliwn ar ddenu busnesau newydd. Felly, rwy'n credu bod honno'n elfen bwysig iawn yn ein gwaith. Fel y crybwyllwyd, gofynnodd Mark Reckless gwestiwn am y ffordd, fel y gwnaeth Alun Davies, ac rydym yn gwneud ein gorau i oresgyn yr anawsterau presennol gyda'r contractiwr a chymhlethdodau peirianyddol ceunant Clydach, ac rydym yn dal i weithio'n galed i gwblhau'r rhan rhwng Gilwern a Bryn-mawr fan lleiaf cyn gynted ag y bo modd cyn mynd ati i gwblhau'r gweddill. Ond fel y dywedais, mae gwneud yn siŵr ein bod yn gwneud y gorau o'r ffordd sydd yno wedyn yr un mor bwysig ag adeiladu'r ffordd. Rwy'n gobeithio fy mod wedi rhoi sylw i'r rhan fwyaf o'r pwyntiau roedd yr Aelodau am eu trafod. Os nad wyf wedi gwneud hynny, mae gennym funud ar ôl ac fe wnaf fy ngorau i gywiro hynny. I gloi, Ddirprwy Lywydd, os nad oes unrhyw sylwadau pellach, credaf fod angen inni gydnabod pa mor heriol yw hyn fel cyfle datblygu economaidd. Holl bwrpas ei greu yn y lle cyntaf yw ei fod yn anodd ei wneud ac nad oedd wedi cael ei wneud yn llwyddiannus hyd yn hyn. Y ffocws technegol yw'r un cywir. Credaf fod y diffiniad o sut olwg sydd ar dechnoleg o anghenraid yn addasu ac yn newid fel y mynn yr economi fyd-eang. Rydym yn canolbwyntio'n benodol ar sgiliau. Credaf fod hynny'n iawn. Fel y dywedais, mae arnaf eisiau ychwanegu'r elfen cwmnïau gwreiddiedig, ond rwy'n credu bod clymu hynny wrth waith tasglu'r Cymoedd, gwaith prifddinas-ranbarth Caerdydd, yn hanfodol bwysig, felly, fel y dywedodd Alun Davies yn gywir, nid datblygu economaidd ysbeidiol sydd gennym, ond rydym yn bwrw drwyddi â'r uchelgeisiau a nododd fel Gweinidog, yr uchelgeisiau y mae'r holl gyd-Aelodau sy'n cynrychioli cymunedau yn y Cymoedd yn parhau'n ymrwymedig iddynt, ac rwyf fi fel Gweinidog yn sicr yn bwriadu gwneud yr hyn a allaf yn yr amser sydd gennyf i wireddu gweledigaeth yr uchelgais hwnnw.