English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I've agreed to give a minute of my time to my colleague Mick Antoniw today. The inspiration for this short debate came from the publication of 'The State of the Coalfields 2019'. The report was an investigation into the economic and social conditions in the former British coalfield areas, and it was commissioned by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, produced by a team at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University, and this was comprised of Christina Beatty, Steve Fothergill and Tony Gore. The report has been critical in shaping the structure of my debate today. Of course, inspiration for the debate also comes from two important coalfield anniversaries occurring this year. March 2020 marks 35 years since the end of the 1984-85 miners' strike, and 2020 also marks 25 years since the reopening of Tower Colliery in my constituency as a workers' co-operative: two events in my lifetime that were so crucial in shaping politics and identity, and that's both personally for me and more widely for many other members of my community too. One was a moment of defeat, yet nevertheless marked by a spirit of defiance; the other a crowning moment of victory. Both are important motivating factors behind today's debate. The report itself was an update on a piece of work produced in 2014. I've mentioned the miners' strike. It's important to remember that the original report was published to mark 30 years since the start of that dispute. The aim was to capture the experience of coalfield communities, explore how effective regeneration schemes have been and to ask, 30 years on, had coalfield communities caught up with regional and national averages, were they in robust economic and social health. Well, the 2019 report brought that research up to date, and my contribution owes much to the evidence it presents. Crucial additional information is taken from the last meeting of the cross-party group on industrial communities, which I chair. I do hope that the Deputy Minister for the economy will be able to meet with the secretariat of that group to discuss its contents in detail.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Rwyf wedi cytuno i roi munud o fy amser i fy nghyd-Aelod, Mick Antoniw, heddiw. Daeth yr ysbrydoliaeth ar gyfer y ddadl fer hon yn sgil cyhoeddi 'The State of the Coalfields 2019'. Roedd yr adroddiad yn ymchwiliad i'r amodau economaidd a chymdeithasol yn hen ardaloedd glofaol Prydain, ac fe'i comisiynwyd gan Ymddiriedolaeth Adfywio'r Meysydd Glo, a'i gynhyrchu gan dîm yn y Ganolfan Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol Ranbarthol ym Mhrifysgol Sheffield Hallam, sef Christina Beatty, Steve Fothergill a Tony Gore. Mae'r adroddiad wedi bod yn allweddol wrth lunio strwythur fy nadl heddiw. Wrth gwrs, daw'r ysbrydoliaeth ar gyfer y ddadl hefyd o ddau ben-blwydd glofaol pwysig eleni. Ym mis Mawrth 2020 mae'n 35 mlynedd ers diwedd streic y glowyr 1984-85, ac mae 2020 hefyd yn nodi 25 mlynedd ers ailagor Glofa'r Twr yn fy etholaeth fel cwmni cydweithredol y gweithwyr: dau ddigwyddiad yn ystod fy oes i a oedd mor allweddol i ffurfio gwleidyddiaeth a hunaniaeth, a hynny i mi'n bersonol ac yn ehangach i lawer o aelodau eraill o fy nghymuned hefyd. Roedd un yn foment o orchfygiad, ond eto'n llawn o ysbryd herfeiddiol; a'r llall yn foment o fuddugoliaeth. Mae'r ddau'n ffactorau ysgogol pwysig sy'n sail i'r ddadl heddiw. Roedd yr adroddiad ei hun yn ddiweddariad o ddarn o waith a gynhyrchwyd yn 2014. Rwyf wedi sôn am streic y glowyr. Mae'n bwysig cofio bod yr adroddiad gwreiddiol wedi cael ei gyhoeddi i nodi 30 mlynedd ers dechrau'r anghydfod. Y nod oedd cyfleu profiad cymunedau glofaol, archwilio pa mor effeithiol y mae cynlluniau adfywio wedi bod a gofyn, 30 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, a oedd cymunedau glofaol wedi dal i fyny â chyfartaleddau rhanbarthol a chenedlaethol, a oeddent mewn iechyd economaidd a chymdeithasol da. Wel, gwnaeth adroddiad 2019 yr ymchwil honno'n gyfredol, ac mae fy nghyfraniad i'n ddyledus iawn i'r dystiolaeth y mae'n ei chyflwyno. Cymerwyd gwybodaeth ychwanegol hanfodol o gyfarfod diwethaf y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar gymunedau diwydiannol a gadeirir gennyf. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd Dirprwy Weinidog yr economi yn gallu cyfarfod ag ysgrifenyddiaeth y grŵp hwnnw i drafod ei gynnwys yn fanwl.