English: I very much welcome the Welsh Government's amendment to this debate that welcomes the ministerial taskforce for the south Wales Valleys that includes my constituency of Islwyn. Just last week, I stood in Newbridge train station with the Member for Newport West and representatives from Network Rail and Arriva Trains to discuss the progress of the £38 million investment in the Ebbw Vale-Cardiff railway line, and highlighted the absolute need for the service to Newport, our nearest city. Since the Ebbw Vale to Cardiff line was opened in 2008, it has been a stunning success. The very latest investment sees, in my constituency of Islwyn, improvements to the station at Newbridge and the laying of additional track across a 7-mile stretch in order to increase capacity. This is the power of Welsh devolution in action, a Welsh Labour Government seeking to put in place transformational transport infrastructure that can revitalise and invigorate Valleys communities, such as Newbridge, Cross Keys, Risca and Pontymister and transform the lives of its people. In 2015 the Ebbw Vale line was extended with £11.5 million investment from Welsh Government to open an Ebbw Vale town station. This has already improved access to jobs and services for people in Ebbw Vale, and all along the line has transformed access and mobility across its Valleys community. The stunning success of the line is unquestionable, with over 300,000 journeys annually. The Ebbw Vale Town station demonstrates how the line can be expanded as part of a strategic, holistic and multimodal transport interface, as highlighted by Huw Irranca-Davies. I'm very much of the opinion that, one day, Crumlin should once again have a railway station on the line, and I know, as the line heads towards Cardiff, there's also demand for a station in St Mellons, which could one day form a Cardiff parkway, linking with the main line to Swansea. These exciting developments are today, and in the future, being progressed by the Welsh Labour Government, using the levers at our disposal and pressing the UK Government to act where relevant powers still reside in Westminster and Whitehall. Despite the Welsh Government's call for the devolution of funding for rail infrastructure, the responsibility for its funding remains with the UK Government, and alas, we still await the promised electrification that they have so far failed to deliver for Wales. Maybe the Tory Members opposite would be willing to put a shift in and shake Theresa May's money tree and get Wales some money. If only they were willing, they would also ensure Wales had the same treatment as the DUP have secured for Northern Ireland - that is the same parity of esteem, the same finance and same treatment. As Members know, Caerphilly County Borough Council is part of the Cardiff capital region city deal, a deal that - [Interruption.] I have not got time, unfortunately. [Interruption.] I would like to finish - the Welsh Government has committed to contributing - [Interruption.]
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'n fawr y gwelliant gan Lywodraeth Cymru i'r ddadl hon sy'n croesawu'r tasglu gweinidogol ar gyfer Cymoedd de Cymru sy'n cynnwys fy etholaeth, sef Islwyn. Yr wythnos diwethaf yn unig, roeddwn yn sefyll yng ngorsaf drenau Trecelyn gyda'r Aelod dros Orllewin Casnewydd a chynrychiolwyr o Network Rail a Threnau Arriva i drafod cynnydd y buddsoddiad o £38 miliwn yn rheilffordd Glynebwy i Gaerdydd, yn tynnu sylw at yr angen gwirioneddol am y gwasanaeth i Gasnewydd, ein dinas agosaf. Ers agor rheilffordd Glynebwy i Gaerdydd yn 2008, mae wedi bod yn llwyddiant syfrdanol. Mae'r buddsoddiad diweddaraf wedi arwain, yn fy etholaeth yn Islwyn, at welliannau i'r orsaf yn Nhrecelyn a gosod trac ychwanegol ar draws darn 7 milltir er mwyn cynyddu capasiti. Dyma bŵer datganoli yng Nghymru ar waith, mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru yn ceisio sefydlu seilwaith trafnidiaeth trawsnewidiol sy'n gallu adfywio a bywiogi cymunedau'r Cymoedd, megis Trecelyn, Cross Keys, Rhisga a Phontymister a thrawsnewid bywydau eu pobl. Yn 2015 cafodd rheilffordd Glynebwy ei hymestyn gyda buddsoddiad o £11.5 miliwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru i agor gorsaf tref Glynebwy. Mae hyn eisoes wedi gwella mynediad at swyddi a gwasanaethau i bobl yng Nglynebwy, ac ar hyd y rheilffordd, mae wedi trawsnewid mynediad a symudedd ar draws ei chymuned yn y Cymoedd. Mae llwyddiant trawiadol y rheilffordd yn ddiamheuol, gyda thros 300,000 o deithiau yn flynyddol. Mae'r orsaf yng Nglynebwy yn dangos sut y gellir ymestyn y rheilffordd yn rhan o ryngwyneb trafnidiaeth strategol, cyfannol ac amlfoddol, fel y nododd Huw Irranca-Davies. Rwy'n gadarn iawn fy marn y dylai Crymlyn gael gorsaf reilffordd rhyw ddydd, ac rwy'n gwybod, wrth i'r rheilffordd anelu tuag at Gaerdydd, fod galw hefyd am orsaf yn Llaneirwg, a allai ffurfio parcffordd yng Nghaerdydd rhyw ddydd, i gysylltu â'r brif reilffordd i Abertawe. Mae'r datblygiadau cyffrous hyn heddiw, ac yn y dyfodol, yn cael eu datblygu gan Lywodraeth Lafur Cymru, gan ddefnyddio'r dulliau sydd ar gael i ni a chan bwyso ar Lywodraeth y DU i weithredu lle mae pwerau perthnasol yn dal i fod wedi'u cadw yn San Steffan a Whitehall. Er gwaethaf galwad Llywodraeth Cymru am ddatganoli cyllid ar gyfer seilwaith rheilffyrdd, mae'r cyfrifoldeb am ei gyllido yn aros gyda Llywodraeth y DU, ac yn anffodus, rydym yn dal i aros am y trydaneiddio a addawyd ac y maent hyd yma wedi methu ei gyflawni dros Gymru. Efallai y byddai'r Aelodau Torïaidd gyferbyn yn barod i wneud y gwaith ac ysgwyd coeden arian Theresa May i gael rhywfaint o arian i Gymru. Pe baent ond yn barod i wneud hynny, byddent hefyd yn sicrhau bod Cymru'n cael yr un driniaeth ag y mae'r DUP wedi'i sicrhau ar gyfer Gogledd Iwerddon - sef y parch cydradd, yr un cyllid a'r un driniaeth. Fel y gŵyr yr Aelodau, mae Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili yn rhan o fargen ddinesig prifddinas-ranbarth Caerdydd, bargen y mae - [Torri ar draws.] Nid oes gennyf amser, yn anffodus. [Torri ar draws.] Hoffwn orffen - y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo i gyfrannu - [Torri ar draws.]