English: Thank you, Minister. Garth Bakery has been a prominent employer in Cynon Valley and also an important part of the local economy for over 36 years, so the news that it has gone into administration is a grave blow indeed. This is particularly so for the around 100 people who have lost their jobs just six weeks before Christmas. I appreciate the intense distress and worry that this will cause them, and not only them but also their families, especially when we are facing the cost-of-living crisis, which has seen household budgets squeezed as the price of energy and food rockets and inflation reaches its highest level for over 40 years. I have a couple of questions for you today. Firstly, what support or engagement has Welsh Government had with Garth Bakery? Secondly, please can you outline the practical measures that the Welsh Government can take as a matter of urgency to help the company's workforce who have lost their jobs? That's in terms of support to find work, but also programmes, as you've mentioned, to retrain or reskill, so that new career opportunities can be investigated and pursued, but also in terms of support to access, for example, mental health and well-being advice and targeted interventions around the cost of living. Finally, Minister, with colleagues I am looking to arrange an advice and support open day for employees of Garth Bakery shortly. I've formally written to you about this, but will you be able to make staff from appropriate Welsh Government agencies available, so that they can directly support anyone from the company who requires that support?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Mae Garth Bakery wedi bod yn gyflogwr blaenllaw yng Nghwm Cynon a hefyd yn rhan bwysig o'r economi leol ers dros 36 o flynyddoedd, felly mae'r newyddion ei fod wedi mynd i ddwylo'r gweinyddwyr yn ergyd drom yn wir. Mae hyn yn arbennig felly i'r oddeutu 100 o bobl sydd wedi colli eu swyddi, a hynny ond chwe wythnos cyn y Nadolig. Rwy'n deall y gofid a'r pryder dwys y bydd hyn yn ei achosi iddynt, ac nid yn unig iddynt hwy ond i'w teuluoedd hefyd, yn enwedig pan ydym yn wynebu'r argyfwng costau byw, sydd wedi gweld cyllidebau cartrefi yn cael eu gwasgu wrth i bris ynni a bwyd godi i'r entrychion ac wrth i chwyddiant gyrraedd ei lefel uchaf ers dros 40 mlynedd. Mae gennyf un neu ddau o gwestiynau i chi heddiw. Yn gyntaf, pa gymorth neu ymgysylltiad y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i gael gyda Garth Bakery? Yn ail, a oes modd ichi amlinellu'r mesurau ymarferol y gall Llywodraeth Cymru eu cymryd ar fyrder i helpu gweithlu'r cwmni sydd wedi colli eu swyddi? Mae hynny'n cynnwys cymorth i ddod o hyd i waith, ond rhaglenni hefyd, fel rydych wedi sôn, i ailhyfforddi neu ailsgilio, fel bod modd archwilio a mynd ar drywydd cyfleoedd gyrfa newydd, ond hefyd o ran cymorth i gael mynediad, er enghraifft, at gyngor iechyd meddwl a llesiant ac ymyrraeth wedi'i thargedu gyda chostau byw. Yn olaf, Weinidog, gyda chyd-Aelodau, rwy'n gobeithio trefnu diwrnod agored cyngor a chymorth i weithwyr Garth Bakery yn fuan. Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu atoch yn ffurfiol ynglŷn â hyn, ond a fyddwch yn gallu sicrhau bod staff o asiantaethau Llywodraeth Cymru priodol ar gael, fel y gallant roi cymorth uniongyrchol i unrhyw un o'r cwmni sydd angen y cymorth hwnnw?