English: The Minister never wants to make contributions to debates, but is very happy to hear his voice here in the Chamber while he is sitting down. I will continue. Where there are ideas or plans, as we have in Plaid Cymru, as we've outlined this afternoon, to strengthen the north, to encourage investment and to get rid of the lack of regional balance in many areas, we're working on behalf of our constituents and holding the Government to account. I want to look at two areas that we gave attention to in our discussions to have a budget deal with the Government. Transport, first. Dualling of the Britannia is something that I've called for consistently since I was elected. This is not just to respond to the delays at rush hour, even though they're very frustrating for travellers and people who use the bridge for commercial reasons, rather, this is a step towards building resilience for the connections between the mainland and Anglesey. Only this week, the Britannia bridge was closed because of wind, with the Menai bridge the only link open - a bridge that will celebrate its two-hundredth anniversary within the next decade. It's the most beautiful bridge that you'll ever see, but taking the pressure off, not adding to the pressure, that's what we should be doing in the future. There is an opportunity here to ensure a link that will ensure the traffic flow, give certainty to emergency services, which they're pressing me for, an opportunity to give certainty to trade, and also an opportunity to look for National Grid investment in high-voltage cables across the Menai. Rather than spending £150 million on building a tunnel, they can make a contribution and have reserves to invest in undergrounding the cables across Ynys Môn. Every elected Member in Ynys Môn supports that, apart from the regional Member for UKIP. That's why we were very pleased to see the budget deal setting aside funds to develop the crossing further. While I'm in the area of transport, let me refer to the links between north Wales and other parts of Wales. Britain suffers from centralising - all railways and every road leading to London, and east-west are the main transport routes in Wales. It's important that there are strong links between north Wales and London, and that there are strong cross-border links, but let's also remember the need for investment in those transport connections that will bolster the indigenous Welsh economy, the kind of economy, as Llyr said, that can be a partner with the Northern Powerhouse and a partner with our partners also to the west in Ireland. I have a minute left and I'll use that to draw attention to another area, namely the lack or shortage of healthcare workers that we have in north Wales, specifically doctors. Plaid Cymru has made a proposal that could tackle this, namely to establish a medical training centre in Bangor. We know that here is a pattern of doctors tending to settle to work where they have been trained. Somehow, we need to provide more doctors who are rooted in rural Wales, who have developed specialisms, perhaps, in rural medicine, and who are committed to working in rural Wales and in the north Wales area specifically. There is an opportunity, I think, through this new education centre, to provide that in partnership, I hope, with Cardiff and Swansea. There is talk of moving more students from Swansea and Cardiff. We know that some trainees are going on rotations around Wales, but it is a barrier for people who don't want to do that north-south travelling. It's a barrier for them to come and study within the Welsh system. So, what about strengthening the medical education that we have in north Wales? So, in medical education, in transport, and in economic development, we don't just need fairness, we need to ensure equality of opportunity and the people of north Wales must be able to see that that is the reality.
Welsh: Nid ydy'r Gweinidog byth eisiau gwneud cyfraniad i ddadleuon, Llywydd, ond mae'n hapus iawn i'w lais gael ei glywed yma yn Siambr tra mae o ar ei eistedd. Mi wnaf i barhau. Lle mae yna syniadau neu gynlluniau, fel sydd gennym ni ym Mhlaid Cymru, fel rydym ni'n eu hamlinellu y prynhawn yma, i gryfhau'r gogledd, i annog buddsoddiad, cael gwared ar ddiffyg cydbwysedd rhanbarthol mewn nifer o feysydd, gwneud ein gwaith ar ran ein hetholwyr ydym ni, a dal y Llywodraeth i gyfrif.Rydw i am edrych ar ddau faes roesom ni sylw iddyn nhw yn ein trafodaethau ni ar gyfer ein cytundeb ni efo Llywodraeth Cymru cyn y gyllideb. Trafnidiaeth yn gyntaf. Mae deuoli'r Britannia yn rhywbeth rydw i wedi galw amdano'n gyson ers cael fy ethol. Nid dim ond ymateb i oedi mewn oriau brig ydy hyn, er mor rwystredig ydy hynny i deithwyr ac i'r rhai sy'n defnyddio'r bont am resymau masnachol, yn hytrach, cam ydy hyn i adeiladu gwytnwch i'r cysylltiadau rhwng y tir mawr a Môn yn yr hir dymor. Dim ond yr wythnos yma mi gafodd pont Britannia ei chau oherwydd gwynt, efo pont Menai yr unig gyswllt ar agor - pont fydd yn dathlu dau ganmlwyddiant o fewn y degawd nesaf. Y bont yw'r bont hyfrytaf gewch chi, ond tynnu'r pwysau oddi arni hi, nid ychwanegu pwysau arni hi, dylem ni fod yn ei wneud yn y dyfodol. Mae yna gyfle yma i sicrhau cysylltiad fydd yn sicrhau llif traffig, rhoi'r sicrwydd i'r gwasanaethau brys mae'n nhw'n gofyn i fi bwyso amdano fo, cyfle i roi sicrwydd i fasnach, a hefyd cyfle rŵan i chwilio am fuddsoddiad y Grid Cenedlaethol ar gyfer cludo gwifrau trydan foltedd uchel ar draws y Fenai. Yn hytrach na gwario efallai £150 miliwn ar wneud twnnel, mi allan nhw wneud cyfraniad a chael arian wrth gefn i fuddsoddi mewn tanddaearu gwifrau ar draws Ynys Môn. Mae pob Aelod etholedig yn Ynys Môn yn cefnogi hynny, ar wahân i Aelod rhanbarthol UKIP. Dyna pam yr oeddem ni'n falch o weld cytundeb y gyllideb yn neilltuo arian i ddatblygu'r cynlluniau ar gyfer y croesiad ymhellach. Tra'r ydw i ym maes trafnidiaeth, gadewch imi gyfeirio at gysylltiadau'r gogledd efo rhannau eraill o Gymru. Mae Prydain gyfan yn dioddef o'r canoli - pob ffordd, pob rheilffordd yn arwain i Lundain, a gorllewin-dwyrain o hyd ydy'r prif wythiennau trafnidiaeth yng Nghymru. Mae'n bwysig bod yna gysylltiadau cryf rhwng gogledd Cymru a Llundain, mae'n bwysig bod yna gysylltiadau cryf trawsffiniol, ond gadewch i ni gofio hefyd am yr angen i fuddsoddi yn y cysylltiadau trafnidiaeth yna a fydd yn helpu cryfhau economi gynhenid Gymreig, y math o economi, fel y dywedodd Llyr, a fydd yn gallu bod yn bartner efo'r 'Northern Powerhouse' ac yn bartner efo'n partneriaid ni hefyd i'r gorllewin yn Iwerddon. Mi ddefnyddiaf i'r munud sydd gen i ar ôl i dynnu sylw at un maes arall, sef y prinder affwysol o weithwyr iechyd sydd gennym ni yn y gogledd, yn benodol meddygon. Mae Plaid Cymru wedi cyflwyno cynnig a allai helpu mynd i'r afael â hyn, sef sefydlu canolfan addysg feddygol ym Mangor. Rydym ni'n gwybod bod yna batrwm o feddygon yn tueddu setlo i weithio lle maen nhw wedi cael eu hyfforddi. Rywsut, rydym ni angen darparu mwy o feddygon sydd wedi eu gwreiddio yn y Gymru wledig, wedi datblygu arbenigedd efallai mewn meddygaeth wledig, ac sy'n ymroddedig i weithio yn y Gymru wledig ac yn y gogledd yn benodol hefyd. Mae yna gyfle, rydw i'n meddwl, drwy'r ganolfan addysg newydd yma, i ddarparu hynny mewn partneriaeth, rydw i'n gobeithio, efo Caerdydd ac Abertawe. Mae yna sôn am symud mwy o fyfyrwyr o Gaerdydd ac Abertawe. Rydym ni'n gwybod bod rhai dan hyfforddiant yn mynd ar 'rotations' o gwmpas Cymru, ond mae'n rhwystr i bobl sydd ddim yn dymuno gwneud y teithio de-gogledd yna. Mae'n rhwystr iddyn nhw i ddod i astudio o fewn y gyfundrefn Gymreig. Felly, beth am gryfhau'r addysg feddygol sydd yna yn y gogledd? Felly, mewn addysg feddygol, mewn trafnidiaeth, mewn datblygu economaidd, nid yn unig y mae angen tegwch, mae angen sicrhau cydraddoldeb cyfle ac mae'n rhaid i bobl y gogledd allu gweld mai dyna'r realiti.