English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and can I thank the Minister for his statement today and for the advance copy provided as well? The Minister will be aware of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee's work on procurement and how that can play a part in the foundational economy. The committee is yet to make any recommendations or bring forward its report, but a key message that was coming through is that good practice doesn't seem to travel well in Wales. Given the range of activities supported across the different projects and the different timescales, outputs and outcomes, how does the Welsh Government intend to monitor and evaluate the wide range of projects in order to be able to come to a view on the ones that represent good practice and should be shared and scaled up? In the past, Business Wales has focused on job targets and economic growth, so I wonder if you, Deputy Minister, would agree with me that the next focus of Business Wales should support companies in the foundational economy and that the next scheme should look to support companies to develop long-term business models in a broader range of issues such as productivity and turnover, as well as targeting those traditional measurements, as well, of GDP and employment levels. What other internationally recognised social, economic measurements will the Welsh Government use to measure well-being and monitor the success of specific projects? I know that there's been a real challenge in small firms growing to medium sized, and a recent development bank report suggested that only a small number of medium-sized firms were growing. The Federation of Small Businesses's report on Wales, 'Wales' Missing Middle' - and you referred to the missing middle yourself in your statement today - also highlighted that Wales is dominated by those microbusinesses and multinational businesses. So, how will the Government's approach to the foundational economy address this, what I think is an anomaly, and help those small businesses grow? How are you going to develop Welsh supply chains under your economic action plan to support the foundational economy when awarding grant funding to anchor companies to encourage inward investment? I wonder also, Deputy Minister, do you feel that the sectoral approach to the concept of a foundational economy provides adequate flexibility, building cross-sectoral alliances, ensuring that the concept of the foundational economy does not operate in different silos, but reflects the different economic necessities in different parts of Wales that will actually deliver those practical solutions and services that people want? I very much am someone who's a supporter of the foundational economy approach, so you'll have my support in that regard. And my final question would be this: how should local procurement be defined, and how should local spend be monitored? And if you aren't in a position to be able to answer that question or offer that definition today, when do you think you'll be in a position to be able to do so?
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, ac a gaf fi ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei ddatganiad heddiw ac am y copi ymlaen llaw a ddarparwyd hefyd? Fe fydd y Gweinidog yn ymwybodol o waith Pwyllgor yr Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau ar gaffael a sut y gall hynny chwarae ei ran yn yr economi sylfaenol. Nid yw'r Pwyllgor wedi gwneud unrhyw argymhellion hyd yn hyn na chyflwyno ei adroddiad, ond un o'r negeseuon allweddol a gyflwynwyd yw nad yw'n ymddangos bod arfer da yn cael taith hwylus drwy Gymru. O ystyried yr amrywiaeth o weithgareddau a gefnogir ar draws y gwahanol brosiectau a'r gwahanol amserlenni, a'r allbynnau a'r canlyniadau amrywiol, sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu monitro a gwerthuso'r ystod eang o brosiectau er mwyn cyrraedd safbwynt o ran y rhai sy'n esiamplau o arfer da ac y dylid eu lledaenu a'u gwella? Yn y gorffennol, mae Busnes Cymru wedi canolbwyntio ar dargedau o ran swyddi a thwf economaidd. Felly tybed a fyddech chi, Dirprwy Weinidog, yn cytuno â mi y dylai Busnes Cymru ganolbwyntio nesaf ar gefnogi cwmnïau yn yr economi sylfaenol ac y dylai'r cynllun nesaf geisio cefnogi cwmnïau i ddatblygu modelau busnes hirdymor mewn amrywiaeth ehangach o faterion fel cynhyrchiant a throsiant, yn ogystal ag anelu'r mesuriadau traddodiadol hynny o lefelau cynnyrch domestig gros a chyflogaeth. Pa fesuriadau cymdeithasol ac economaidd eraill a gydnabyddir yn rhyngwladol y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu defnyddio i fesur llesiant a monitro llwyddiant prosiectau penodol? Fe wn i fod yna her wirioneddol wedi bod o ran cwmnïau bach yn ceisio tyfu i faint canolig, ac awgrymodd adroddiad gan fanc datblygu yn ddiweddar mai dim ond nifer fach o gwmnïau canolig eu maint oedd yn tyfu. Roedd adroddiad Ffederasiwn y Busnesau Bach ar Gymru, sef 'Canol Coll Cymru' - ac fe wnaethoch chi eich hun gyfeirio at y canol coll yn eich datganiad heddiw - yn pwysleisio hefyd fod Cymru'n cael ei dominyddu gan y microfusnesau a'r busnesau amlwladol hynny. Felly, sut y bydd dull y Llywodraeth o weithredu'r economi sylfaenol yn mynd i'r afael â hyn sydd, yn fy marn i, yn anomaledd, ac yn helpu'r busnesau bach hynny i dyfu? Sut yr ydych chi yn bwriadu datblygu cadwyni cyflenwi yng Nghymru o dan eich cynllun gweithredu economaidd i gefnogi'r economi sylfaenol wrth ddyfarnu cyllid grant i brif gwmnïau i annog mewnfuddsoddiad? Tybed hefyd, Dirprwy Weinidog, a ydych chi'n credu bod y dull sectoraidd o ymdrin â chysyniad economi sylfaenol yn rhoi digon o hyblygrwydd, yn adeiladu cynghreiriau traws-sectoraidd, yn sicrhau nad yw'r cysyniad o'r economi sylfaenol yn gweithredu mewn ysguboriau ar wahân, ond yn adlewyrchu'r gwahanol angenrheidiau economaidd mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru a fydd mewn gwirionedd yn darparu'r atebion a'r gwasanaethau ymarferol hynny y mae pobl yn awyddus i'w cael? Rwy'n bendant yn un sy'n cefnogi dull yr economi sylfaenol, felly fe gewch chi fy nghefnogaeth i yn hynny o beth. A'r cwestiwn olaf sydd gennyf i yw hwn: sut y dylid diffinio caffael lleol, a sut y dylid monitro gwariant lleol? Ac os nad ydych chi mewn sefyllfa i allu ateb y cwestiwn hwnnw neu gynnig y diffiniad hwnnw heddiw, pryd yr ydych chi'n credu y byddwch chi mewn sefyllfa i allu gwneud hynny?