English: Thank you for the question. As I say, we have been in close discussions with the company and with the trade unions. My colleague Ken Skates spoke to the company immediately on the news breaking and officials have since been to the local plant to meet with the team there. We are reassured that the existing workforce will be fully redeployed, as we understand it, within Tata - that no worker that wants to continue working will be left without an opportunity - which is of some comfort, though, of course, it's a matter of deep regret that the facility has been lost to Newport and to the Welsh manufacturing sector. This, obviously, is a decision for Tata. We have supported Tata with a considerable amount of money. Were it not for the intervention of the Welsh Government, Tata would no longer be manufacturing steel in the UK at all, certainly if left to the UK Government, which offered a lot of words but no action in the light of the steel crisis back in 2016. So, I think we have a strong record of intervening to make sure that steel production remained in Wales. Of course, the Orb site has been for sale since May 2018. The company tell us that it's been running at a loss and they've been unable to find a viable way forward for the plant. It's not correct to say that the steel made in Orb is used for electric vehicles, as some media have reported. That sort of steel is made by Tata in its Swedish plant, but it's not made in Orb, and in order to rekit the factory to produce that steel, it would need a considerable investment that Tata simply did not think was justifiable, given the state of the market, given the uncertainty of trading conditions, and given, also, the uncertainty in the market for electric vehicles - whether the demand simply isn't there at the moment and may not be there for some time. So, this is ultimately a decision for Tata. They themselves, who are a profit-making company, cannot find a way of making a profit from further investment in this plant. We are working with them to try and make sure that the existing workforce have as prosperous a future as could possibly be managed, but we continue to work with John Griffiths as the Assembly Member, and the local council, and the trade unions, to see if there is an alternative available to keep some manufacturing in the facility. There is a role for the UK Government here to step in and take a strategic view. We've been calling on them to come forward with a sector deal for the steel sector. The trade unions and UK Steel have been issuing similar calls and they have simply not stepped up to the mark. So, in terms of the longer term prospects of the industry in the UK, the UK Government needs to do far more to make sure it has a viable future.
Welsh: Diolch am y cwestiwn. Fel y dywedaf, rydym wedi bod mewn trafodaethau agos gyda'r cwmni a chyda'r undebau llafur. Siaradodd fy nghyd-Aelod, Ken Skates, â'r cwmni ar unwaith pan gyhoeddwyd y newyddion ac ers hynny mae swyddogion wedi bod yn y gwaith yn lleol i gyfarfod â'r tîm yno. Rydym wedi cael sicrwydd y bydd y gweithlu presennol yn cael ei adleoli'n llawn, yn ôl yr hyn a ddeallwn, o fewn Tata - ac na fydd yr un gweithiwr sydd eisiau parhau i weithio yn cael ei adael heb gyfle - sy'n rhywfaint o gysur, er, wrth gwrs, mae'n destun gofid mawr fod y cyfleuster wedi'i golli i Gasnewydd ac i'r sector gweithgynhyrchu yng Nghymru. Yn amlwg, penderfyniad i Tata yw hwn. Rydym wedi rhoi swm sylweddol o arian i gefnogi Tata. Oni bai am ymyrraeth Llywodraeth Cymru, ni fyddai Tata yn cynhyrchu dur yn y DU o gwbl mwyach, yn sicr pe bai'r mater wedi cael ei adael i Lywodraeth y DU, a gynigiodd lawer o eiriau ond fawr o weithredoedd ar adeg yr argyfwng dur yn ôl yn 2016. Felly, rwy'n credu bod gennym hanes cadarn o ymyrryd i wneud yn siŵr fod cynhyrchiant dur yn aros yng Nghymru. Wrth gwrs, mae safle Orb wedi bod ar werth ers Mai 2018. Mae'r cwmni'n dweud wrthym eu bod wedi bod yn rhedeg ar golled ac nid ydynt wedi llwyddo i ddod o hyd i ffordd ymarferol ymlaen ar gyfer y gwaith. Nid yw'n gywir dweud bod y dur a wneir yn Orb yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer cerbydau trydan, fel y mae rhai cyfryngau wedi dweud. Cynhyrchir y math hwnnw o ddur gan ffatri Tata yn eu gwaith yn Sweden, ond nid yw'n cael ei gynhyrchu yn Orb, ac er mwyn paratoi'r ffatri i gynhyrchu'r dur hwnnw, byddai angen buddsoddiad sylweddol, ac nid oedd Tata yn credu bod modd cyfiawnhau hynny, o ystyried cyflwr y farchnad, o ystyried yr ansicrwydd o ran amodau masnachu, ac o ystyried, hefyd, yr ansicrwydd yn y farchnad mewn perthynas â cherbydau trydan - efallai nad yw'r galw yno ar hyn o bryd ac efallai na fydd yno am gryn dipyn o amser. Felly, penderfyniad i Tata yw hwn yn y pen draw. Ni allant hwy, a hwythau'n gwmni sy'n gwneud elw, ddod o hyd i ffordd o wneud elw o fuddsoddiad pellach yn y gwaith hwn. Rydym yn gweithio gyda hwy i geisio sicrhau bod gan y gweithlu presennol ddyfodol mor ffyniannus â phosibl, ond rydym yn parhau i weithio gyda John Griffiths, fel yr Aelod Cynulliad, y cyngor lleol a'r undebau llafur, i weld a oes ffordd arall ar gael o sicrhau bod rhywfaint o weithgynhyrchu'n parhau i ddigwydd ar y safle. Mae rôl i Lywodraeth y DU yn y fan hon i gamu i mewn ac edrych yn strategol ar y sefyllfa. Rydym wedi bod yn galw arnynt i gyflwyno cytundeb sector i'r sector dur. Mae'r undebau llafur ac UK Steel wedi gwneud galwadau tebyg, ac nid ydynt wedi gwneud eu rhan. Felly, o ran rhagolygon mwy hirdymor y diwydiant yn y DU, mae angen i Lywodraeth y DU wneud llawer mwy i sicrhau bod ganddo ddyfodol hyfyw.