English: Just to be clear in relation to junctions 15 and 16 of the A55, the whole business of awarding a contract had been completed before the profits warning on 10 July, but contract letters had not been sent out to the company. So, at that point, the sending out of award letters was withheld, and a further set of investigations were carried out with Carillion plc to determine if they were risks that needed to be identified. So, there was a further period of due diligence, in which formal assurances were sought and obtained from the company. Officials who were responsible for carrying out that assessment believed that the necessary assurances had been obtained. There was an equal or different risk that, had the award not been made, the company itself may have sought to have had that decision reviewed, because the ordinary processes had been properly completed and they had won the contract. So, there was a risk that they themselves would have sought to take action, giving rise to a further set of delays of the sort that Janet Finch-Saunders mentioned earlier and that, understandably, local citizens would have been keen to avoid. So, there was a balance of risk to be drawn up. It was very purposefully and thoroughly investigated. Turning to his point about the Llanddewi Velfrey to Penblewin section of the A40, that is a three-phase contract. The first phase is more or less completed. There will be choices to be made, which the Minister responsible will now want to weigh up. In this case as well, there are substantial subcontractors involved in the scheme, and it is possible that one of them may be in a position to become the main contractor, and the advantage of that would certainly be that it would reduce delay. But the opportunity is there, if the Cabinet Secretary prefers, to go out to tender for the next phase of that contract, to see what the market has to offer and to secure the best value for Welsh public expenditure. The downside of that is that it inevitably involves a delay. In the very short period of time since the Carillion collapse occurred, officials have been identifying options, and no doubt they will put advice to Ministers, and Ministers will then decide between them.
Welsh: Dim ond i fod yn eglur o ran cyffyrdd 15 ac 16 yr A55, roedd yr holl fusnes o ddyfarnu contract wedi ei gwblhau cyn y rhybudd elw ar 10 Gorffennaf, ond nid oedd llythyrau contract wedi eu hanfon i'r cwmni. Felly, ar yr adeg honno, gohiriwyd y cam o anfon llythyrau dyfarnu allan, a chynhaliwyd cyfres arall o ymchwiliadau gyda Carillion ccc i benderfynu a oeddent yn risgiau yr oedd angen eu nodi. Felly, cafwyd cyfnod arall o ddiwydrwydd dyledus, pan ofynnwyd am sicrwydd ffurfiol gan y cwmni a derbyniwyd hynny. Roedd swyddogion a oedd yn gyfrifol am gynnal yr asesiad hwnnw yn credu bod y sicrwydd angenrheidiol wedi ei dderbyn. Roedd risg gyfartal neu wahanol, pe na byddai'r dyfarniad wedi ei wneud, y byddai'r cwmni ei hun wedi ceisio cael adolygu'r penderfyniad hwnnw, gan fod y prosesau arferol wedi eu cwblhau'n briodol a'i fod wedi ennill y contract. Felly, roedd risg y bydden nhw eu hunain wedi ceisio cymryd camau, gan arwain at gyfres arall o oediadau o'r math a grybwyllwyd gan Janet Finch-Saunders yn gynharach ac, wrth reswm, y byddai dinasyddion lleol wedi bod yn awyddus i'w hosgoi. Felly, roedd cydbwysedd o risg i'w lunio. Ymchwiliwyd iddo mewn modd pwrpasol a thrwyadl iawn. Gan droi at ei bwynt am y rhan o'r A40 rhwng Llanddewi Felffre â Phenblewin, mae hwnnw'n gontract tri cham. Mae'r cam cyntaf wedi'i gwblhau mwy neu lai. Bydd dewisiadau i'w gwneud, y bydd y Gweinidog sy'n gyfrifol yn dymuno eu pwyso a'u mesur nawr. Yn yr achos hwn hefyd, mae is-gontractwyr sylweddol sy'n rhan o'r cynllun, ac mae'n bosibl y gallai un ohonyn nhw fod mewn sefyllfa i fod y prif gontractwr, a mantais hynny yn sicr yw y byddai'n lleihau oedi. Ond mae'r cyfle yno, os yw'n well gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, i fynd allan i dendr ar gyfer cam nesaf y contract hwnnw, i weld yr hyn sydd gan y farchnad i'w gynnig ac i sicrhau'r gwerth gorau am wariant cyhoeddus Cymru. Anfantais hynny yw ei fod yn golygu oedi anochel. Yn y cyfnod byr iawn o amser ers cwymp Carillion, mae swyddogion wedi bod yn nodi dewisiadau, ac yn sicr yn cynnig cyngor i Weinidogion, a bydd y Gweinidogion yn penderfynu rhyngddynt wedyn.