English: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your response because it certainly was with considerable shock that we learned about this announcement only yesterday afternoon, and we know that we're now starting a 45-day statutory consultation process. It was only earlier this week that I was at a conference, speaking at the Bevan Foundation, on the living wage, when I was talking about the signs of uplift in the economy in Merthyr - we've had lots of new jobs coming into the area - so this was a real body blow to the area, as you've already identified. If those proposals do follow through, it goes without saying almost that we're talking about 350 workers and their families who will be affected, as well as the impact on the local economy, and all of this in the lead up to Christmas. I'm pleased that the company has agreed to meet with me and with Gerald Jones, the MP, and I believe with you and the First Minister to explore the basis of their proposals and the suggestion that they will relocate their entire retail function to the site in Cornwall, which, from what I know at this point in time, seems to be somewhat illogical when the distribution plant or the distribution centre for the meat factory in Merthyr is actually in Avonmouth. If the packing plant is taken to Cornwall, then it doesn't seem very logical that you have a slaughterhouse in Merthyr, the meat packed in Cornwall and then it's brought back to a distribution centre in Avonmouth. So, I hope that all of these things will be taken on board when we have the conversation. So, can I just ask the Cabinet Secretary to assure me that the Welsh Government will be doing everything that it can to support the people who are affected potentially by these proposals?
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich ymateb, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, oherwydd yn sicr, roedd yn syndod mawr clywed y cyhoeddiad hwn brynhawn ddoe, a gwyddom ein bod bellach yn dechrau ar broses ymgynghori statudol 45 diwrnod o hyd. Yn gynharach yr wythnos hon roeddwn mewn cynhadledd, yn siarad yn Sefydliad Bevan, ar y cyflog byw, ac roeddwn yn sôn am arwyddion o gynnydd yn yr economi ym Merthyr - rydym wedi cael llawer o swyddi newydd yn dod i mewn i'r ardal - felly roedd hon yn ergyd wirioneddol i'r ardal, fel rydych eisoes wedi nodi. Os eir ymlaen â'r argymhellion hynny, bron nad oes raid dweud ein bod yn sôn am 350 o weithwyr a'u teuluoedd a fydd yn cael eu heffeithio, yn ogystal â'r effaith ar yr economi leol, a hyn oll yn y cyfnod cyn y Nadolig. Rwy'n falch fod y cwmni wedi cytuno i gyfarfod â mi ac â Gerald Jones, yr AS, a gyda chi a'r Prif Weinidog, rwy'n credu, i edrych ar y sail dros eu hargymhellion a'r awgrym y byddant yn symud eu gwaith manwerthu cyfan i'r safle yng Nghernyw, sydd, o'r hyn rwy'n ei wybod ar hyn o bryd, i'w weld braidd yn afresymegol pan fo'r safle dosbarthu neu'r ganolfan ddosbarthu ar gyfer y ffatri gig ym Merthyr yn Avonmouth mewn gwirionedd. Os eir â'r safle pacio i Gernyw, yna nid yw'n ymddangos yn rhesymegol iawn fod gennych ladd-dy ym Merthyr, y gwaith pacio cig yng Nghernyw a'i fod yn cael ei gludo'n ôl i ganolfan ddosbarthu yn Avonmouth. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y bydd pob un o'r pethau hyn yn cael eu hystyried pan fyddwn yn trafod hyn. Felly, a gaf fi ofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet fy sicrhau y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gwneud popeth a all i gefnogi'r bobl a allai gael eu heffeithio gan y cynigion hyn?