English: I thank Paul Davies for the comments, for welcoming the statement, and for his questions. You're absolutely right, we have to work very closely with the industry, with the farming unions, with the vets, with the individual farmers who aren't members of farming unions, and also with all stakeholders. I do want to assure Members that that absolutely is the way that we've approached this. You'll be aware that there were several summer agricultural shows - I always took the opportunity to talk to people about our enhanced eradication programme, and as I said in my opening remarks, my officials have certainly done intensive engagement with our stakeholders and with the sector over the summer ahead of the 1 October start date. In relation to your specific questions, you asked about targets, and I said that I'm hoping to be in a position, certainly by the end of this year, to come forward with a target, and certainly as this is being developed by officials, we are looking at whether interim targets would be beneficial. You ask about what agreed action I've taken with the DEFRA. Well, as I said before, I haven't had specific discussions with DEFRA about this. This is obviously a matter for us, so I haven't actually agreed any specific actions with DEFRA, but I know my officials do have discussions around the programmes. For instance, I'm aware that England and Scotland are now consulting - one of the things is around a reduction in compensation and having a compensation cap such as we've brought in here in Wales. So, those discussions are ongoing, but I haven't got any agreed actions because, as I say, this is a matter for us. You mentioned about informed purchasing. Absolutely, that is still the intention - to introduce a mandatory informed purchasing scheme. It's really important, I think, that farmers display TB information at the point of sale, and you'll be aware that we have given funding to livestock markets, for instance, but I'm still not happy that that information is always there. So, I think it's really important that all our livestock markets upgrade their facilities. As I say, we have provided funding for that to be done, and more information does need to be provided to sellers. It's really about empowering farmers so that they can make those informed buying decisions going forward. So, yes, that is absolutely still our intention. You also asked about pedigree farmers in your own constituency and around their reservations, being in a high TB area. I absolutely understand the reservations that a number of farmers have about being included in a high TB area, and certainly when I came to the Pembroke show that was something that I discussed. But I'm really confident this approach will allow us to speed up progress, and that's the message that I've given to the sector. I really want to reduce the number of breakdowns and the severity of each breakdown, as you yourself have said also. I think your final question was around biosecurity, and you'll remember that this enhanced eradication programme came about after we'd been out to consultation. As part of that consultation, I did task officials with developing a standardised, online biosecurity package, which really built on previous work that had been undertaken in this area. So, there's a number of biosecurity tools available to farmers at the current time. What I want to do is really standardise the advice, because I think we don't want - . You mentioned bureaucracy, and we really want to make it as simple as possible, and take out that complexity. So, what I really want to see is a single, comprehensive biosecurity package to enable farmers to fully assess their disease risks and then mitigate accordingly.
Welsh: Diolch i Paul Davies am y sylwadau, am groesawu'r datganiad, ac am ei gwestiynau. Rydych chi'n hollol gywir, rhaid i ni weithio'n agos iawn gyda'r diwydiant, gyda'r undebau ffermio, gyda'r milfeddygon, gyda'r ffermwyr unigol nad ydyn nhw'n aelodau o undebau ffermio, a chyda'r holl randdeiliaid hefyd. Rwyf yn awyddus i roi sicrwydd i'r Aelodau mai dyna yn hollol yw'r ffordd yr ydym ni wedi dynesu at hyn. Fe wyddoch chi y bu nifer o sioeau amaethyddol dros yr haf - mi wnes i bob tro fanteisio ar y cyfle i siarad â phobl am ein rhaglen ddileu ddiwygiedig, ac fel y dywedais yn fy sylwadau agoriadol, mae fy swyddogion yn sicr wedi trafod yn ddwys â'n rhanddeiliaid ac â'r sector yn ystod yr haf cyn y dyddiad dechrau ar 1 Hydref. O ran eich cwestiynau penodol, fe wnaethoch chi ofyn ynglŷn â thargedau, a dywedais fy mod i'n gobeithio bod mewn sefyllfa, yn sicr erbyn diwedd eleni, i gyflwyno targed, ac yn sicr wrth i swyddogion ddatblygu hyn, rydym ni'n ystyried a fyddai'n fuddiol cael targedau interim. Rydych chi'n gofyn pa gamau y cytunwyd arnyn nhw gyda DEFRA. Wel, fel y dywedais o'r blaen, nid wyf i wedi cael trafodaethau penodol â DEFRA ynglŷn â hyn. Mae hyn yn amlwg yn fater i ni, felly nid wyf i wedi cytuno ar unrhyw gamau penodol gyda DEFRA, ond rwy'n gwybod bod fy swyddogion yn trafod y rhaglenni. Er enghraifft, rwy'n ymwybodol bod Lloegr a'r Alban yn ymgynghori erbyn hyn - mae un o'r materion yn ymwneud â lleihau'r iawndal a rhoi terfynau uchaf ar iawndaliadau fel yr ydym ninnau wedi'i wneud yma yng Nghymru. Felly, mae'r trafodaethau hynny yn parhau, ond nid oes gennyf unrhyw gamau y cytunwyd arnyn nhw oherwydd, fel y dywedais i, mae hyn yn fater i ni. Fe wnaethoch chi sôn am brynu ar sail gwybodaeth. Yn hollol, dyna'r bwriad o hyd - i gyflwyno cynllun prynu gorfodol ar sail gwybodaeth. Mae'n bwysig iawn, yn fy marn i, bod ffermwyr yn arddangos gwybodaeth am TB ar adeg y gwerthu, a byddwch chi'n ymwybodol ein bod wedi rhoi arian i farchnadoedd da byw, er enghraifft, ond nid wyf i'n fodlon o hyd bod yr wybodaeth honno ar gael pob tro. Felly, rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n bwysig iawn bod ein holl farchnadoedd da byw yn gwella eu cyfleusterau. Fel yr wyf wedi'i ddweud, rydym ni wedi darparu cyllid ar gyfer gwneud hynny, ac mae angen darparu mwy o wybodaeth i werthwyr. Mae'n ymwneud mewn gwirionedd â grymuso ffermwyr fel y gallan nhw wneud y penderfyniadau prynu hynny ar sail gwybodaeth wrth symud ymlaen. Felly, ydy, yn sicr, hynny yw ein bwriad ni o hyd. Fe wnaethoch chi ofyn hefyd am ffermwyr pedigri yn eich etholaeth chi ac ynglŷn â'u hamheuon, o fod mewn ardal TB uchel. Rwy'n deall yn llwyr yr amheuon sydd gan nifer o ffermwyr ynglŷn â bod mewn ardal TB uchel, ac yn sicr pan ddes i sioe Penfro roedd hynny yn un o'r materion y trafodais i. Ond rwy'n hyderus iawn y bydd y ffordd hon o fynd ati yn ein galluogi i gyflymu'r cynnydd, a dyna'r neges yr wyf i wedi'i rhoi i'r sector. Rwyf i'n wirioneddol awyddus i leihau nifer yr achosion a difrifoldeb pob achos, fel yr ydych chithau wedi'i ddweud hefyd. Roedd eich cwestiwn olaf, rwy'n credu, yn ymwneud â bioddiogelwch, a byddwch chi'n cofio y daeth y rhaglen ddileu ddiwygiedig hon i fodolaeth yn sgil ein gwaith ymgynghori. Yn rhan o'r ymgynghoriad hwnnw, rhoddais i dasg i swyddogion ddatblygu pecyn bioddiogelwch safonol ar-lein, a oedd yn ychwanegu mewn gwirionedd at y gwaith blaenorol a wnaed yn y maes hwn. Felly, mae nifer o offer bioddiogelwch ar gael i ffermwyr ar hyn o bryd. Yr hyn yr wyf i'n dymuno ei wneud yw mynd ati o ddifrif i safoni'r cyngor, oherwydd nid wyf i'n credu ein bod ni eisiau - . Fe wnaethoch chi sôn am fiwrocratiaeth, ac rydym ni'n dymuno yn fawr iawn gwneud y broses mor syml â phosibl, a chael gwared ar y cymhlethdod hwnnw. Felly, yr hyn yr wyf i'n wirioneddol dymuno ei gael yw un pecyn cynhwysfawr ar gyfer bioddiogelwch i alluogi ffermwyr i asesu eu risgiau clefyd yn llawn ac yna eu lliniaru yn briodol.