English: Minister, you'll be aware that Kasai in my constituency is a large automotive operation employing around 200 people, as Rhun ap Iorwerth has already mentioned. Now, they provide a very unique and revolutionary manufacturing process - the first of its kind in Europe, in fact, which has been largely responsible for its success and its ability to be able to secure contracts with companies like Honda and Jaguar Land Rover, which both account for a large part of its business. Now, as you've already said, at this stage, we don't know what the impact of the Honda announcement in Swindon will be on Kasai, but in the worst case scenario, it's possible that jobs will be lost, and the impact on an area like Merthyr Tydfil on the back of recent job losses in St Merryn Meat and the proposed transfer of 200 plus Department for Work and Pensions jobs out of the town can't be underestimated. Now, I'm grateful for the information that you've already given in previous answers, but I'm going to be meeting with Kasai management tomorrow, with Gerald Jones MP, and it would be helpful if, in those discussions, we were able to provide some more reassurance about Welsh Government's ability to support them through what could be a difficult period, should they need to explore alternative markets and contracts to secure their long-term future in Merthyr. Because I'm assuming that Kasai, like many other companies, will be in a position where they're going to need to get over a hump; they don't want to lose jobs while they're doing that, while they're out in the market looking for alternative business. They may need to be developing alternative skills within their workforce to compete in different automotive markets. So, what particular support and assistance would Welsh Government be able to give a company like Kasai in that process of getting over that particular hump in terms of delivering their future security?
Welsh: Weinidog, fe fyddwch yn gwybod bod Kasai yn fy etholaeth yn waith modurol mawr sy'n cyflogi tua 200 o bobl, fel y mae Rhun ap Iorwerth eisoes wedi'i grybwyll. Nawr, maent yn darparu proses weithgynhyrchu unigryw a chwyldroadol iawn - y gyntaf o'i bath yn Ewrop mewn gwirionedd, a dyna sydd wedi bod yn bennaf gyfrifol am ei llwyddiant a'i gallu i sicrhau contractau gyda chwmnïau fel Honda a Jaguar Land Rover, sydd i gyfrif am ran fawr o'i fusnes. Nawr, fel rydych wedi'i ddweud eisoes, ar hyn o bryd, nid ydym yn gwybod beth fydd effaith cyhoeddiad Honda yn Swindon ar Kasai, ond yn y senario waethaf, mae'n bosibl y caiff swyddi eu colli, ac ni ellir gorbwysleisio'r effaith ar ardal fel Merthyr Tudful, ar ôl colli swyddi yn St Merryn Meat yn ddiweddar a'r cynigion arfaethedig i drosglwyddo dros 200 o swyddi'r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau allan o'r dref. Nawr, rwy'n ddiolchgar am y wybodaeth rydych wedi'i rhoi eisoes mewn atebion blaenorol, ond byddaf yn cyfarfod â rheolwyr Kasai yfory, gyda Gerald Jones AS, a byddai'n ddefnyddiol pe gallem, yn y trafodaethau hynny, roi ychydig mwy o sicrwydd mewn perthynas â gallu Llywodraeth Cymru i'w cefnogi drwy'r hyn a allai fod yn gyfnod anodd, os bydd angen iddynt archwilio marchnadoedd a chontractau amgen er mwyn sicrhau eu dyfodol hirdymor ym Merthyr Tudful. Oherwydd, rwy'n tybio y bydd Kasai, fel llawer o gwmnïau eraill, mewn sefyllfa lle bydd angen iddynt oresgyn rhwystr; nid ydynt eisiau colli swyddi tra'u bod yn gwneud hynny, tra'u bod yn chwilota'r farchnad am fusnes arall. Mae'n bosibl y bydd angen iddynt ddatblygu sgiliau amgen o fewn eu gweithlu i gystadlu mewn gwahanol farchnadoedd modurol. Felly, pa gymorth penodol y byddai Llywodraeth Cymru yn gallu ei roi i gwmni fel Kasai yn y broses honno o oresgyn y rhwystr penodol hwnnw o ran sicrhau eu diogelwch yn y dyfodol?