English: Can I thank Dai Lloyd for his questions and, first of all, say that I disagree with your assessment about the support that the Welsh Government is giving to manufacturing in Wales and the importance of innovation? We're just about to open the doors on the advanced manufacturing research centre in north Wales. That will be a unique research centre. Indeed, your own Members have called for an AMRC in Wales. I hope that you'll be supporting its launch in November. We have Europe's finest, if not the world's finest, compound semiconductor cluster; we have M-SParc, again in north-west Wales; we have Aston Martin Lagonda, who have decided to make south Wales the home of their electrification programme. There is innovation across the length and breadth of Wales as a consequence of the strategic investment by this Welsh Government. That investment is futureproofing our economy. But the position that this company found itself in was such that it could not survive without important contracts from Honda. Their troubles were compounded by a decision by Volvo to adopt an engine that would use an electric transmission that would not require cabling. Those two factors put the company's future in jeopardy here in Wales. The Member identified examples in Ottawa of success, but the obvious difference between Ottawa and Wales is that Ottawa is not currently in the European Union, facing crashing out, and this is a major threat for the sector. And if we look at other businesses across the UK right now, that survey that I mentioned earlier, we'll find that 11.8 per cent of firms in the automotive sector, almost 12 per cent of businesses in that important sector, have already divested from UK operations. The sector is potentially at the point of meltdown as a consequence of the indecision, inaction and the failure of the UK Government to actually act to support it. And, as I said, tomorrow I will be pressing the UK Government to back up positive rhetoric about the future of the automotive sector with hard cash for the Kingfisher fund. I think there are two major opportunities in south Wales, in terms of the transition that the Member identifies, and I would agree that we do need to have a seamless transition to, if you like, new automotive sector activity within south Wales. First of all, the obvious opportunity is with alternative propulsion systems - most obviously electric, but also, potentially, with hydrogen. We're working on those opportunities, not just with the Wales automotive forum, but also, I have to say, with BEIS at a UK Government level, trying to attract as many investment opportunities as we possibly can and challenge fund grants as possible to Wales. The other big opportunity, Llywydd, concerns the lack at the moment of recycling facilities for batteries, and also for composites. So, again, we're looking at opportunities for this region to capitalise on that shortage of such facilities.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Dai Lloyd am ei gwestiynau ac yn gyntaf oll, hoffwn ddweud fy mod yn anghytuno â'ch asesiad o'r gefnogaeth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei rhoi i weithgynhyrchu yng Nghymru a phwysigrwydd arloesi? Rydym ar fin agor y drysau ar y ganolfan ymchwil gweithgynhyrchu uwch yng ngogledd Cymru. Bydd honno'n ganolfan ymchwil unigryw. Yn wir, galwodd eich Aelodau eich hun am ganolfan ymchwil gweithgynhyrchu uwch yng Nghymru. Gobeithio y byddwch yn cefnogi ei lansiad ym mis Tachwedd. Mae gennym glwstwr lled-ddargludyddion cyfansawdd gorau Ewrop, os nad y byd; mae gennym M-SParc, eto yng ngogledd-orllewin Cymru; mae gennym Aston Martin Lagonda, sydd wedi penderfynu gwneud de Cymru yn gartref i'w rhaglen drydaneiddio. Mae arloesi ar hyd a lled Cymru o ganlyniad i'r buddsoddiad strategol gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae'r buddsoddiad hwnnw'n diogelu ein heconomi ar gyfer y dyfodol. Ond roedd y cwmni hwn yn y fath sefyllfa fel na allai oroesi heb gontractau pwysig gan Honda. Gwaethygwyd eu trafferthion gan benderfyniad gan Volvo i fabwysiadu injan a fyddai'n defnyddio trosglwyddiad trydan na fyddai'n galw am geblau. Roedd y ddau ffactor yn rhoi dyfodol y cwmni yn y fantol yma yng Nghymru. Nododd yr Aelod enghreifftiau o lwyddiant yn Ottawa, ond y gwahaniaeth amlwg rhwng Ottawa a Chymru yw nad yw Ottawa yn yr Undeb Ewropeaidd ar hyn o bryd, yn wynebu gadael heb gytundeb, ac mae hwn yn fygythiad mawr i'r sector. Ac os edrychwn ar fusnesau eraill ledled y DU ar hyn o bryd, yr arolwg y soniais amdano'n gynharach, gwelwn fod 11.8 y cant o gwmnïau yn y sector modurol, bron i 12 y cant o fusnesau yn y sector pwysig hwnnw, eisoes wedi troi oddi wrth weithrediadau yn y DU. Mae'n bosibl fod y sector ar fin methu'n llwyr o ganlyniad i'r diffyg penderfyniad, diffyg gweithredu a methiant Llywodraeth y DU i weithredu i'w gefnogi. Ac fel y dywedais, yfory byddaf yn pwyso ar Lywodraeth y DU i gefnogi rhethreg gadarnhaol ynghylch dyfodol y sector modurol gydag arian caled ar gyfer cronfa Kingfisher. Rwy'n credu bod dau gyfle mawr yn ne Cymru, o ran y trosglwyddo y mae'r Aelod yn ei nodi, a buaswn yn cytuno bod angen i ni gael trosglwyddiad di-dor, os mynnwch, i weithgaredd sector modurol newydd yn ne Cymru. Yn gyntaf oll, ceir cyfle amlwg gyda systemau gyriant amgen - trydan yn fwyaf amlwg, ond gyda hydrogen hefyd o bosibl. Rydym yn gweithio ar y cyfleoedd hynny, nid yn unig gyda fforwm modurol Cymru, ond hefyd, mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud, gyda BEIS ar lefel Llywodraeth y DU, i geisio denu cymaint o gyfleoedd buddsoddi a chronfeydd grantiau ag y gallwn i Gymru. Mae'r cyfle mawr arall, Lywydd, yn ymwneud â'r diffyg cyfleusterau ailgylchu ar gyfer batris ar hyn o bryd, ac ar gyfer cyfansoddion hefyd. Felly, unwaith eto, rydym yn edrych ar gyfleoedd i'r rhanbarth elwa ar y prinder hwn o gyfleusterau o'r fath.