English: I recognise that this is a subject in which the Minister has taken a considerable interest, and I do find that reassuring, but I think we're still a long way from being reassured that this is going to produce any practical results. The auditor general also said in this report that 'The Welsh Government has not put in place systems and processes to produce information for publicly reporting on whether overall, its financial support for business contributed to achieving its intended outcomes'. In other words, a progress report on how successful the project has been altogether. Much of the information that has been extracted, in some cases, had to be extracted, not from the Welsh Government's own proactive publication of information, but had to be extracted by journalists and opposition political parties in freedom of information requests. For example, the online food ordering service, kukd.com, had £1 million, failed to create the promised 100 jobs; and Bad Wolf - a well-known case of course - £4 million given to the company, out of which nearly half was paid to the executives themselves. The company ultimately showed a loss of £3.1 million. So, these are cases where the taxpayer's been fleeced for no advantage whatsoever. In such cases, surely it's vitally important in order to secure public confidence in the way that public money is being spent for the Welsh Government to be as upfront and open as possible. So, can she assure me that, as regards value for money and effectiveness, the public reporting of business grant moneys is going to be improved in future?
Welsh: Rwy'n cydnabod bod hwn yn bwnc sydd o gryn ddiddordeb i'r Gweinidog, ac mae hynny'n galonogol, ond credaf ein bod ymhell o fod yn argyhoeddedig y bydd hyn yn cynhyrchu unrhyw ganlyniadau ymarferol. Dywedodd yr archwilydd cyffredinol hefyd yn yr adroddiad nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru 'wedi rhoi systemau a phrosesau ar waith i gynhyrchu gwybodaeth ar gyfer llunio adroddiadau cyhoeddus ynghylch a yw ei gymorth ariannol ar gyfer busnesau, yn gyffredinol, wedi cyfrannu at gyflawni ei chanlyniadau bwriadedig.' Mewn geiriau eraill, adroddiad cynnydd ar ba mor llwyddiannus y mae'r prosiect wedi bod yn gyffredinol. Bu'n rhaid cael gafael ar lawer o'r wybodaeth, mewn rhai achosion, nid o gyhoeddiad rhagweithiol Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun o'r wybodaeth, ond bu'n rhaid i newyddiadurwyr a gwrthbleidiau gwleidyddol gael gafael arni drwy geisiadau rhyddid gwybodaeth. Er enghraifft, cafodd y gwasanaeth archebu bwyd ar-lein, kukd.com, £1 miliwn, a methu â chreu'r 100 o swyddi a addawyd; a Bad Wolf - achos enwog wrth gwrs - rhoddwyd £4 miliwn i'r cwmni, gyda bron i hanner y ffigur hwnnw'n cael ei dalu i'r prif weithredwyr eu hunain. Yn y pen draw, gwnaeth y cwmni golled o £3.1 miliwn. Felly, mae'r rhain yn achosion lle mae'r trethdalwr wedi'i flingo heb unrhyw fantais o gwbl. Mewn achosion o'r fath, does bosib ei bod yn hanfodol bwysig, er mwyn sicrhau hyder y cyhoedd yn y ffordd y gwerir arian cyhoeddus, fod Llywodraeth Cymru yn bod mor onest ac agored â phosibl. Felly, a all roi sicrwydd i mi, o ran gwerth am arian ac effeithiolrwydd, y bydd yr adroddiadau cyhoeddus ar arian grant i fusnesau yn gwella yn y dyfodol?