English: I want to begin by thanking all those who participated in this very important and far-reaching inquiry and take this opportunity to thank all who supported my work as a member of this committee just over the past year. I'm very grateful to the Chair and to my fellow Members, but most of all, to the committee staff. This was a very new field to me. They absolutely enabled me to hit the ground running and I'm extremely grateful for that. As has been said, we face an unprecedented economic shock that is coming as Government support comes to an end as we come out of the health crisis. And that's the reason, of course, for our hugely wide-ranging report. We don't often see a Senedd committee report with 53 recommendations. All of these recommendations are extremely important and I personally believe that the Welsh Government should treat them as a package - they work together. But I want to comment on three particular groups of recommendations in my brief contribution to this debate. I'd first like to refer to recommendation 5, which sets out the urgent need for the Welsh Government to set measurable targets, monitor progress and evaluate the effectiveness of all recovery work and investment. It seems obvious, but evidence over the last year on a range of issues in this portfolio is that this does not always happen by any means. With the size of the task so huge and the resources inevitably limited, we will not be able to afford to waste a single penny. And if we really take an innovative approach, we will try some things that won't work, and we will need to stop doing them. Monitoring and evaluation is key and the next Welsh Government must ensure that robust systems are in place. These systems must monitor impacts by region, by sector and by equality characteristics. Our build back from COVID must work for everyone, everywhere in Wales. Which brings me to recommendations 30 to 41. These highlight a whole range of actions needed to ensure that, in rebuilding our economy, we address the structural inequalities and injustices that were baked into our economy before the COVID crisis. We heard such clear evidence that black people and people of colour were hit harder by COVID, both in terms of health and economic harm. We heard how women were impacted more seriously than men, and while there were some positive impacts for disabled people, with opportunities opened up by homeworking, there were concerns for this group, too. It is imperative that, as the next Welsh Government leads efforts to rebuild our economy, the opportunity to act to remove these historical structural inequalities that have done so much damage is taken. Change will not be achieved overnight, and that brings me back, of course, to the point about measurable targets. But what must be avoided at all costs is building back to where we were before. That would be an unforgivable waste of an opportunity. Finally, Deputy Presiding Officer, I want to refer to recommendations 42 to 48, focusing on actions needed to ensure that young people are not left behind. As the Chair has already said, we know that in this economic crisis, as in others, young people have been very hard hit. They tend to work in the sectors like hospitality that have been badly hit, their education has been disrupted, and with more experienced workers losing their jobs and re-entering the job market, their opportunities will be restricted. Previous economic crises have seen whole generations left behind. I was a young person in the 1980s, and I have friends who are my age, coming up to retirement now, whose lifetime economic prosperity was affected by being out of work for two or three years right at the beginning of their careers. As they go into their pensions, they are poorer than they would have been. Our recommendations make practical suggestions to avoid this happening this time, and the next Welsh Government must act on all these recommendations. On this agenda, a Plaid Cymru Government will go further, even, than recommended by the committee. Committee recommendation 43 asks the next Welsh Government to assess the introduction of a youth opportunity guarantee for 16 to 24-year-olds. We will commit in Government to that guarantee - a good-quality, decently paid job for every 16 to 24-year-old not in education, training or employment. Plaid Cymru will not leave our young people behind; our next Government must not leave our young people behind. As our recommendations make clear, while the economic aftermath of COVID presents grave challenges, it also presents some real opportunities. This is our chance not just to build back better, but to build back well. I commend this report to the Senedd and to Welsh Governments current and future.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddechrau drwy ddiolch i bawb a gymerodd ran yn yr ymchwiliad pwysig a phellgyrhaeddol hwn a manteisio ar y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i bawb a gefnogodd fy ngwaith fel aelod o'r pwyllgor hwn dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn i'r Cadeirydd ac i fy nghyd-Aelodau, ond yn bennaf oll, i staff y pwyllgor. Roedd hwn yn faes newydd iawn i mi. Fe wnaethant fy ngalluogi i ddysgu'n gyflym ac rwy'n hynod ddiolchgar am hynny. Fel y dywedwyd, rydym yn wynebu sioc economaidd ddigynsail wrth i gymorth y Llywodraeth ddod i ben ac wrth inni gefnu ar yr argyfwng iechyd. A dyna'r rheswm, wrth gwrs, am ein hadroddiad eang iawn. Nid ydym yn aml yn gweld adroddiad gyda 53 o argymhellion gan bwyllgor y Senedd. Mae'r holl argymhellion hyn yn eithriadol o bwysig a chredaf yn bersonol y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru eu trin fel pecyn - maent yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd. Ond hoffwn wneud sylwadau ar dri grŵp penodol o argymhellion yn fy nghyfraniad byr i'r ddadl hon. Hoffwn gyfeirio'n gyntaf at argymhelliad 5, sy'n nodi'r angen dybryd i Lywodraeth Cymru osod targedau mesuradwy, monitro cynnydd a gwerthuso effeithiolrwydd yr holl waith adfer a buddsoddiad. Mae'n ymddangos yn amlwg, ond mae tystiolaeth dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf ar amrywiaeth o faterion yn y portffolio hwn yn dangos nad yw hyn bob amser yn digwydd o bell ffordd. Gyda maint y dasg mor enfawr a'r adnoddau, yn anochel, yn gyfyngedig, ni fyddwn yn gallu fforddio gwastraffu ceiniog. Ac os byddwn, mewn gwirionedd, yn mabwysiadu dull arloesol, byddwn yn rhoi cynnig ar rai pethau na fyddant yn gweithio, a bydd angen i ni roi'r gorau i'w gwneud. Mae monitro a gwerthuso yn allweddol ac mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru sicrhau bod systemau cadarn ar waith. Mae'n rhaid i'r systemau hyn fonitro effeithiau fesul rhanbarth, fesul sector a nodweddion cydraddoldeb. Mae'n rhaid i'r broses o ailadeiladu'n ôl o COVID weithio i bawb, ym mhobman yng Nghymru. Daw hynny â mi at argymhellion 30 i 41. Mae'r rhain yn amlygu ystod eang o gamau gweithredu sydd eu hangen i sicrhau ein bod, wrth ailadeiladu ein heconomi, yn mynd i'r afael â'r anghyfiawnderau a'r anghydraddoldebau strwythurol a oedd yn rhan o'n heconomi cyn yr argyfwng COVID. Clywsom dystiolaeth mor glir fod pobl dduon a phobl groenliw wedi cael eu taro'n galetach gan COVID, o ran niwed i iechyd a niwed economaidd. Clywsom sut roedd menywod wedi cael eu effeithio'n fwy difrifol na dynion, ac er bod rhai effeithiau cadarnhaol i bobl anabl, gyda chyfleoedd yn agor yn sgil gweithio gartref, roedd pryderon i'r grŵp hwn hefyd. Mae'n hanfodol, wrth i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru arwain ymdrechion i ailadeiladu ein heconomi, y manteisir ar y cyfle i weithredu i ddileu'r anghydraddoldebau strwythurol hanesyddol hyn sydd wedi gwneud cymaint o niwed. Ni chyflawnir newid dros nos, a daw hynny â mi'n ôl, wrth gwrs, at y pwynt am dargedau mesuradwy. Ond yr hyn sy'n rhaid ei osgoi ar bob cyfrif yw ailadeiladu'n ôl i ble roeddem o'r blaen. Byddai hynny'n wastraff cyfle anfaddeuol. Yn olaf, Ddirprwy Lywydd, hoffwn gyfeirio at argymhellion 42 i 48, gan ganolbwyntio ar y camau sydd eu hangen i sicrhau nad yw pobl ifanc yn cael eu gadael ar ôl. Fel y dywedodd y Cadeirydd eisoes, gwyddom fod pobl ifanc, yn yr argyfwng economaidd hwn, fel mewn rhai eraill, wedi cael eu taro'n galed iawn. Maent yn tueddu i weithio mewn sectorau sydd wedi cael eu taro'n wael, fel lletygarwch, amharwyd ar eu haddysg, a chyda gweithwyr mwy profiadol yn colli eu swyddi ac yn ailymuno â'r farchnad swyddi, cyfyngir ar eu cyfleoedd. Mae argyfyngau economaidd blaenorol wedi gweld cenedlaethau cyfan yn cael eu gadael ar ôl. Roeddwn yn berson ifanc yn yr 1980au, ac mae gennyf ffrindiau fy oedran i, sydd bron â chyrraedd oed ymddeol bellach, yr effeithiwyd ar eu ffyniant economaidd ar hyd eu hoes am eu bod wedi bod yn ddi-waith am ddwy neu dair blynedd ar ddechrau eu gyrfaoedd. Wrth iddynt gyrraedd oed pensiwn, maent yn dlotach nag y byddent wedi bod. Mae ein hargymhellion yn gwneud awgrymiadau ymarferol i osgoi hyn rhag digwydd y tro hwn, ac mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru weithredu ar yr holl argymhellion hyn. Ar yr agenda hon, bydd Llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn mynd gam ymhellach hyd yn oed na'r hyn a argymhellir gan y pwyllgor. Mae argymhelliad 43 y pwyllgor yn gofyn i Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru asesu'r posibilrwydd o gyflwyno gwarant cyfle ieuenctid i bobl ifanc 16 i 24 oed. Byddwn yn ymrwymo i'r warant honno mewn Llywodraeth - swydd o ansawdd da sy'n talu'n dda i bob unigolyn 16 i 24 oed nad ydynt mewn addysg, hyfforddiant na chyflogaeth. Ni fydd Plaid Cymru yn gadael ein pobl ifanc ar ôl; mae'n rhaid i'n Llywodraeth nesaf beidio â gadael ein pobl ifanc ar ôl. Fel y mae ein hargymhellion yn dweud yn glir, tra bod canlyniadau economaidd COVID yn cyflwyno heriau difrifol, maent hefyd yn cynnig rhai cyfleoedd go iawn. Dyma ein cyfle nid yn unig i adeiladu'n ôl yn well, ond i adeiladu'n ôl yn dda. Rwy'n cymeradwyo'r adroddiad hwn i'r Senedd ac i Lywodraethau Cymru yn awr ac yn y dyfodol.