English: Thank you for that response, Minister. The closure of this company with the loss of 250 jobs is clearly bad news for my constituency, but it's certainly very bad news for those individuals and their families and the local economy of Merthyr Tydfil. Unfortunately, this comes on the back of other job losses, including those at Hoover, and on the proposed move of 250 Department for Work and Pensions jobs out of Merthyr Tydfil. But can I thank your officials for their recent meetings with the company? Clearly, despite attempts at finding a solution, the company's problems were too big to be able to turn around on this occasion. Clearly, the priority now must be to get as much support as possible in to those people who, I understand, are now dependent on the Redundancy Payments Service for the payment of their redundancy money. So, can you assure me that the Welsh Government and your partners are acting as quickly as possible to assist staff, particularly as I know that some of those redundant workers already live hand to mouth? I know that sounds dramatic, but for many that is actually the reality of their daily lives, even though they are working. Beyond that, we also need to learn more about the lessons from this situation, so can I ask you to help us to understand the exact causes of the catastrophic collapse in orders since July of this year and to what extent that could have been mitigated? I know my colleague Gerald Jones MP had been in contact with the Department for Work and Pensions regarding the loss of their orders with the company, and it would be good to know why the DWP, apparently without consultation, suspended orders valued at around £400,000 to Triumph Furniture, leaving a big hole in their order book and a major cash-flow problem. Was this linked to a UK Government moratorium on public sector contracts, and, if so, who is taking responsibility for the consequences of that action? The company have also said that many of their orders from the private sector had dried up because of the uncertainties over Brexit. Do we know how many other companies may face a similar predicament? We must surely look at the whole situation around Brexit and the impact it's having on the general business climate and a reluctance by companies to invest in new equipment and so on. I fear that, with the economy slowing down, we are going to see much more of this as our manufacturing base in the Valleys is hit hard by future uncertainty, so I would welcome a detailed statement from the Government on how it seeks to address this within its economic strategy. Finally, Minister, can I thank all those many local partners who are now, I know, already working in response to this dreadful situation and trying to help redundant staff? Their efforts are appreciated as we all try our best for these redundant workers in the weeks and months ahead.
Welsh: Diolch am yr ateb hwnnw, Weinidog. Mae cau'r cwmni hwn a cholli 250 o swyddi yn amlwg yn newyddion drwg i fy etholaeth, ond mae'n sicr yn newyddion drwg iawn i'r unigolion hynny a'u teuluoedd ac i economi leol Merthyr Tudful. Yn anffodus, daw hyn ar ben colli swyddi eraill, gan gynnwys y rhai yn Hoover, a'r bwriad i symud 250 o swyddi'r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau o Ferthyr Tudful. Ond a gaf fi ddiolch i'ch swyddogion am eu cyfarfodydd â'r cwmni yn ddiweddar? Yn amlwg, er gwaethaf ymdrechion i ddod o hyd i ateb, roedd problemau'r cwmni'n rhy fawr i allu eu datrys y tro hwn. Yn amlwg, rhaid mai'r flaenoriaeth yn awr yw cael cymaint o gymorth ag sy'n bosibl i'r bobl sydd, yn ôl yr hyn rwy'n ei ddeall, yn ddibynnol yn awr ar y Gwasanaeth Taliadau Diswyddo i dalu eu harian diswyddo. Felly, a allwch fy sicrhau bod Llywodraeth Cymru a'ch partneriaid yn gweithredu cyn gynted ag sy'n bosibl i gynorthwyo staff, yn enwedig gan fy mod yn gwybod bod rhai o'r gweithwyr a ddiswyddwyd eisoes yn byw o'r llaw i'r genau? Gwn fod hynny'n swnio'n ddramatig, ond i lawer dyna realiti eu bywydau bob dydd mewn gwirionedd, er eu bod yn gweithio. Y tu hwnt i hynny, mae angen inni hefyd ddysgu gwersi o'r sefyllfa hon, felly a gaf fi ofyn i chi ein helpu i ddeall union achosion y gostyngiad trychinebus a fu yn nifer yr archebion ers mis Gorffennaf eleni ac i ba raddau y gellid bod wedi lliniaru hynny? Gwn fod fy nghydweithiwr, Gerald Jones AS, wedi bod mewn cysylltiad â'r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau ynghylch colli eu harchebion gyda'r cwmni, a byddai'n dda gwybod pam y bu i'r adran honno, heb ymgynghori mae'n debyg, atal archebion gwerth tua £400,000 i Triumph Furniture, gan adael twll mawr yn eu llyfr archebion a phroblem fawr o ran llif arian. A oedd hyn yn gysylltiedig â moratoriwm gan Lywodraeth y DU ar gontractau'r sector cyhoeddus, ac os felly, pwy sy'n cymryd cyfrifoldeb am ganlyniadau'r gweithredu hwnnw? Mae'r cwmni wedi dweud hefyd fod llawer o'u harchebion o'r sector preifat wedi diflannu oherwydd yr ansicrwydd ynghylch Brexit. A wyddom faint o gwmnïau eraill a allai wynebu sefyllfa debyg? Mae'n rhaid inni edrych ar y sefyllfa gyfan o ran Brexit a'r effaith y mae'n ei chael ar yr hinsawdd fusnes yn gyffredinol ac amharodrwydd cwmnïau i fuddsoddi mewn offer newydd ac yn y blaen. Gyda'r economi'n arafu, ofnaf y byddwn yn gweld llawer mwy o hyn wrth i'n sylfaen weithgynhyrchu yn y Cymoedd gael ei tharo'n galed gan ansicrwydd ynglŷn â'r dyfodol, felly buaswn yn croesawu datganiad manwl gan y Llywodraeth ar sut y mae'n ceisio mynd i'r afael â hyn o fewn ei strwythur economaidd. Yn olaf, Weinidog, a gaf fi ddiolch i bob un o'r partneriaid lleol niferus sydd yn awr, rwy'n gwybod, eisoes yn gweithio mewn ymateb i'r sefyllfa druenus hon ac yn ceisio helpu staff sydd wedi colli eu swyddi? Gwerthfawrogir eu hymdrechion wrth i bawb ohonom geisio gwneud ein gorau dros y gweithwyr di-waith hyn yn yr wythnosau a'r misoedd i ddod.