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English: Thank you, Llywydd. Over half term, museums across Wales took part in the Welsh museums festival. It's an opportunity to discuss the crucial role of museums of all sizes and shapes and the positive impact that they have in so many different ways, including on our economy. However, as a recent report by the British Museums Association shows, over the last decade, spending of local authorities on museums and galleries in Wales has fallen by 31 per cent, reflecting just how much local authority budgets have been cut in terms of what they're able to invest in non-statutory services. If this trend continues, then there is a very real possibility that museums in Wales will close and that we will have to further reduce the services or opening hours, having a negative impact on local economies, our tourism offer, as well as the well-being of users and all the wonderful far-reaching projects that they deliver as a sector. What steps are being taken by the Welsh Government to safeguard local museums after a decade of austerity?
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Dros hanner tymor, bu amgueddfeydd ledled Cymru yn cymryd rhan yng ngŵyl amgueddfeydd Cymru. Mae'r ŵyl yn gyfle i ddathlu y rôl hanfodol mae amgueddfeydd o bob maint a math yn eu chwarae a'r effaith gadarnhaol maent yn eu cael mewn cymaint o ffyrdd gwahanol, gan gynnwys ar ein heconomi. Serch hynny, fel dengys adroddiad diweddar gan gymdeithas amgueddfeydd Prydain, y Museums Association, dros y ddegawd diwethaf, mae gwariant awdurdodau lleol ar amgueddfeydd ac orielau yng Nghymru wedi gostwng 31 y cant, gan adlewyrchu faint y mae cyllidebau awdurdodau lleol wedi crebachu o ran yr hyn maent yn medru ei fuddsoddi mewn gwasanaethau nad ydynt yn statudol. Os bydd y duedd hon yn parhau, yna mae posibilrwydd cryf y bydd amgueddfeydd yng Nghymru yn cau ac y bydd rhaid lleihau ymhellach gwasanaethau neu oriau agor gan gael effaith negyddol ar yr economi leol, ein cynnig i dwristiaid, ynghyd ag iechyd a lles defnyddwyr a'r holl brosiectau gwych a phellgyrhaeddol maent yn eu cyflawni fel sector. Pa gamau sydd yn cael eu cymryd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ddiogelu amgueddfeydd lleol ar ôl degawd o lymder?
English: I thank Heledd Fychan for that question and I think her final point there was a very relevant one. You know, what we have seen in the museum sector, as in other sectors of my portfolio, is the impact of 10 years of Tory austerity, which has filtered through to local authorities and to the organisations that they have to fund. However, what I also agree with her on is the fact that our museums are hugely important to our communities, they're important to our education service, they're important for people's mental health and well-being, and all the other aspects of the programme for government that we have published. The work of museums feeds into all of that. So, we clearly have an interest in making sure that they continue and that they thrive and that they provide the service that they have done over many years. One of the things that we're looking at is helping them to develop, for instance, their digital offer, which makes museums far more accessible to more people than have previously been. That was something that we picked up through the pandemic. But what you will also be aware of, of course, is that we're currently in the process of assessing what the comprehensive spending review in the UK budget meant for Wales and how that will impact on all of the bodies that we have to finance from the Welsh budget. And those discussions will be ongoing and continuing with the national museums and the trade unions within the sector to ensure that those bodies are adequately funded to do all the things that we've set out in our programme for government.
Welsh: Diolch i Heledd Fychan am ei chwestiwn, a chredaf fod ei phwynt olaf yn un perthnasol iawn. Yr hyn a welsom yn y sector amgueddfeydd, fel mewn sectorau eraill yn fy mhortffolio, yw effaith 10 mlynedd o gyni Torïaidd, sydd wedi bwydo drwodd i awdurdodau lleol a'r sefydliadau y mae'n rhaid iddynt eu hariannu. Fodd bynnag, yr hyn rwy'n cytuno â hi yn ei gylch hefyd yw'r ffaith bod ein hamgueddfeydd yn hynod bwysig i'n cymunedau, maent yn bwysig i'n gwasanaeth addysg, maent yn bwysig i iechyd meddwl a lles pobl, a'r holl agweddau eraill ar y rhaglen lywodraethu rydym wedi'i chyhoeddi. Mae gwaith amgueddfeydd yn bwydo i mewn i hynny oll. Felly, mae'n amlwg ein bod yn awyddus i sicrhau eu bod yn parhau a'u bod yn ffynnu a'u bod yn darparu'r gwasanaeth y maent wedi'i ddarparu ers blynyddoedd. Un o'r pethau rydym yn eu hystyried yw eu cynorthwyo i ddatblygu eu cynnig digidol, er enghraifft, sy'n gwneud amgueddfeydd yn llawer mwy hygyrch i fwy o bobl nag o'r blaen. Roedd hynny'n rhywbeth y gwnaethom ei nodi drwy'r pandemig. Ond yr hyn y byddwch hefyd yn ymwybodol ohono, wrth gwrs, yw ein bod ar hyn o bryd yn y broses o asesu beth a olygai'r adolygiad cynhwysfawr o wariant yng nghyllideb y DU i Gymru a sut y bydd yn effeithio ar bob un o'r cyrff y mae'n rhaid inni eu hariannu o gyllideb Cymru. A bydd y trafodaethau hynny'n parhau gyda'r amgueddfeydd cenedlaethol a'r undebau llafur yn y sector i sicrhau bod y cyrff hynny'n cael eu hariannu'n ddigonol i wneud yr holl bethau rydym wedi'u nodi yn ein rhaglen lywodraethu.
English: Thank you, Deputy Minister. But, the challenges facing local museums are nothing new, and for a number of years now we've heard words from Ministers but haven't seen action. Indeed, due to the concerns about the sector, the Welsh Government commissioned a review of local museums in 2015. The review noted that local museums didn't have the resources or capacity, and the Minister at the time, Ken Skates, committed that his officials would look at the opportunities provided by the well-being of future generations Act to support and develop museums. So, why has the Welsh Government still not implemented the recommendations of its own report in full? Can you provide a timetable in terms of when they will be implemented or tell us why a decision was taken not to implement these?
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Weinidog. Ond, nid peth newydd mo'r heriau sy'n wynebu amgueddfeydd lleol, ac ers nifer o flynyddoedd rŵan rydyn ni wedi clywed geiriau gan Weinidogion ond ddim wedi gweld gweithredu. Yn wir, wedi'r cyfan, oherwydd pryderon am y sector, fe gomisiynodd Llywodraeth Cymru adolygiad o amgueddfeydd lleol yn 2015. Nododd yr adolygiad nad oedd gan amgueddfeydd lleol adnoddau na chapasiti, ac ymrwymodd y Gweinidog ar y pryd, Ken Skates, y byddai ei swyddogion yn archwilio'r cyfleoedd a gyflwynir gan Ddeddf cenedlaethau'r dyfodol ar gyfer cefnogi a datblygu amgueddfeydd. Pam nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru, felly, dal heb, eto, weithredu argymhellion eu hadolygiad eu hunain yn llawn? A allwch chi ddarparu amserlen o ran pryd y cânt eu gweithredu neu ymhelaethu o ran pam y penderfynwyd peidio eu gweithredu?
English: The tailored review that you talk about, of course, did come with a number of recommendations, and a considerable amount of Welsh Government funding and support that went alongside that. We continue to have those discussions with the museum, and with the trade unions in the museum, about ensuring that the recommendations of that tailored review are fully implemented. It has been problematic because of some of the issues within the museum that you'll be aware of. We've not had a president in the museum for some time. We have now been advertising for a - sorry, it's not a president in the museum; that was in the library, so I do apologise. We've had the issues of the tailored review that we've been applying funding to, and we've had the ongoing discussions with the museum about how those aspects of the review will be implemented.
Welsh: Roedd yr adolygiad pwrpasol y soniwch amdano, wrth gwrs, yn cynnwys nifer o argymhellion, a chryn dipyn o arian a chymorth gan Lywodraeth Cymru ochr yn ochr â hynny. Rydym yn parhau i gael y trafodaethau hynny gyda'r amgueddfa, a chyda'r undebau llafur yn yr amgueddfa, ynglŷn â sicrhau bod argymhellion yr adolygiad pwrpasol yn cael eu gweithredu'n llawn. Mae wedi bod yn broblemus oherwydd rhai o'r materion yn yr amgueddfa y byddwch yn ymwybodol ohonynt. Ni fu gennym lywydd yn yr amgueddfa ers peth amser. Rydym bellach wedi bod yn hysbysebu am - mae'n ddrwg gennyf, nid llywydd yn yr amgueddfa; yn y llyfrgell oedd hynny, felly rwy'n ymddiheuro am hynny. Mae materion wedi codi o'r adolygiad pwrpasol a defnyddiwyd cyllid i fynd i'r afael â hwy, ac rydym wedi cael trafodaethau parhaus gyda'r amgueddfa ynglŷn â sut y gweithredir yr agweddau hynny ar yr adolygiad.
English: I'm talking specifically, Minister, about local museums and the review in 2015 that was conducted, rather than the Simon Thurley review of National Museum Wales. There were 10 recommendations in the local museum review that are yet to be implemented, despite the sector writing on numerous occasions and despite pleas by organisations such as the Museums Association and National Museum Wales, which are desperately wanting to support the sector.
Welsh: Rwy'n sôn yn benodol, Weinidog, am amgueddfeydd lleol a'r adolygiad a gynhaliwyd yn 2015, yn hytrach nag adolygiad Simon Thurley o Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru. Mae 10 argymhelliad yn yr adolygiad o amgueddfeydd lleol nad ydynt wedi cael eu gweithredu eto, er bod y sector wedi ysgrifennu ar sawl achlysur, ac er yr apeliadau gan sefydliadau fel Cymdeithas yr Amgueddfeydd ac Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru, sy'n awyddus iawn i gefnogi'r sector.
English: Wales was the first nation in the UK to publish a strategy for museums as a whole. It was a strategy that was welcomed by the sector. Now, this came to an end in 2015, having been established in 2010, and although work has been ongoing on the new strategy since 2018, Wales does not have a strategy for museums now. When will this strategy be completed? What resources will be available to enable the sector as a whole to play its full part in terms of the seven well-being aims of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, including the economic contribution of the sector?
Welsh: Yn 2010, Cymru oedd y genedl gyntaf yn y Deyrnas Unedig i gyhoeddi strategaeth ar gyfer amgueddfeydd yn eu cyfanrwydd, strategaeth a gafodd ei chroesawu gan y sector. Daeth hon i ben yn 2015, ac er bod gwaith wedi bod yn mynd rhagddo ar y strategaeth newydd ers 2018, does gan Gymru ddim strategaeth ar gyfer amgueddfeydd erbyn hyn. Pryd bydd y strategaeth hon yn cael ei chwblhau a pha adnoddau fydd ar gael i alluogi'r sector i gyd i chwarae ei ran yn llawn o ran saith nod llesiant Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015, gan gynnwys cyfraniad economaidd y sector?
English: As I said in response to an earlier question, Heledd, I'm not in a position yet to tell you about funding because that is where we are currently at, in terms of looking at how all of our organisations are funded and what funding is to be allocated to each of those sectors. In terms of the museums review, I would want to be reviewing where we are with that now, because we have talked previously about the wider cultural strategy, and I think all of that will fit into that as well, but I do take the point that there is a bespoke piece of work that has been done. I need to review where we are at with that, and I will make sure that you're updated when I review that and have a look at that following this discussion today.
Welsh: Fel y dywedais mewn ymateb i gwestiwn cynharach, Heledd, nid wyf mewn sefyllfa eto i ddweud wrthych am gyllid gan mai dyma ein sefyllfa ar hyn o bryd, o ran edrych ar sut y mae pob un o'n sefydliadau yn cael eu hariannu a pha gyllid sydd i'w ddyrannu i bob un o'r sectorau hynny. Mewn perthynas â'r adolygiad o amgueddfeydd, rwy'n awyddus i adolygu ble rydym arni bellach gyda hynny, gan ein bod wedi siarad o'r blaen am y strategaeth ddiwylliannol ehangach, a chredaf y bydd y cyfan yn rhan o hynny hefyd, ond rwy'n derbyn y pwynt fod gwaith pwrpasol wedi'i wneud. Mae angen imi adolygu ble rydym arni gyda hynny, a byddaf yn sicrhau eich bod yn cael y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf pan fyddaf yn adolygu hynny ac yn edrych ar hynny yn dilyn y drafodaeth hon heddiw.
English: Thank you for the question. Rail freight is a critical part of Wales's transport system and supply chain. We will continue to encourage more freight to be moved by rail and support interventions that shift freight from road to rail, together with future innovations to help make the sector more sustainable. This is a transport infrastructure-led area that falls within the portfolio led by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change.
Welsh: Diolch am eich cwestiwn. Mae cludo nwyddau ar reilffyrdd yn rhan hanfodol o system drafnidiaeth a chadwyn gyflenwi Cymru. Byddwn yn parhau i annog cludo mwy o nwyddau ar reilffyrdd ac yn cefnogi ymyriadau sy'n symud nwyddau oddi ar y ffyrdd ac ar y rheilffyrdd, ynghyd ag arloesi yn y dyfodol i helpu i wneud y sector yn fwy cynaliadwy. Mae hwn yn faes sy'n cael ei arwain gan seilwaith trafnidiaeth ac mae hynny'n rhan o'r portffolio a arweinir gan y Dirprwy Weinidog Newid Hinsawdd.
English: Thank you, Minister. Most goods have to be transported by lorries and vans along our roads in north Wales, and that's true for the most part in all of rural Wales. There's virtually no freight carried on the tracks of mid and north Wales. If we want to see fewer carbon emissions from vehicles, then we do have to carry more goods via rail. Now, the Welsh Government's freight strategy in 2008 suggested that we should invest in more inter-modal exchanges, but not one has been developed across the railways of mid and north Wales. Having an inter-modal exchange alongside the north Wales and mid Wales line would enhance the economy and environment in Gwynedd, Môn, Powys and Ceredigion, so will you consider investing in such a development as soon as possible?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Mae'r rhan fwyaf o nwyddau yn gorfod cael eu cario gan lorïau a faniau ar hyd ein ffyrdd yng ngogledd Cymru ac, yn wir, yng Nghymru wledig. Does nemor ddim freight yn cael ei gario ar draciau gogledd, gorllewin a chanolbarth Cymru. Os ydyn ni am weld llai o allyriadau o gerbydau, yna mae'n rhaid i ni, fel rydych chi wedi sôn, gario mwy o nwyddau ar drên. Roedd strategaeth freight Llywodraeth Cymru yn ôl yn 2008 yn argymell y dylid buddsoddi mewn rhagor o gyfnewidfeydd inter-modal, ond eto does yna ddim un wedi cael ei ddatblygu ar hyd rheilffyrdd gogledd a chanolbarth Cymru. Byddai cael cyfnewidfa inter-modal ar hyd llinell y gogledd a'r canolbarth yn helpu'r amgylchedd a'r economi yng Ngwynedd, Môn, Powys a Cheredigion. A wnewch chi, felly, ystyried buddsoddi mewn datblygiad o'r fath mor fuan â phosibl?
English: Well, as I said, this is an area that is led by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change. Despite the fact that rail infrastructure is largely not devolved, we have, however, made rail facilities grants available to help develop some parts of the rail infrastructure. I'm sure the Deputy Minister for Climate Change will take a keen interest in your point and be happy to write to you if there are further matters to add to the answer I've already given.
Welsh: Wel, fel y dywedais, mae hwn yn faes sy'n cael ei arwain gan y Dirprwy Weinidog Newid Hinsawdd. Er nad yw'r seilwaith rheilffyrdd wedi'i ddatganoli i raddau helaeth, rydym wedi sicrhau, fodd bynnag, fod grantiau cyfleusterau rheilffordd ar gael i helpu i ddatblygu rhai rhannau o'r seilwaith rheilffyrdd. Rwy'n siŵr y bydd gan y Dirprwy Weinidog Newid Hinsawdd ddiddordeb brwd yn eich pwynt, ac y bydd yn fwy na pharod i ysgrifennu atoch os oes materion pellach i'w hychwanegu at yr ateb rwyf eisoes wedi'i roi.
English: Thank you to the Member for submitting a really important question in relation to rail freight and the Welsh economy. Minister, the Conwy valley railway line in my region runs from Llandudno down to Blaenau Ffestiniog, actually, in the Member's constituency, and continues to be a really important transport route for many people. I've been really pleased to see Network Rail invest millions in recent years in the line to secure its future, which may, of course, present an opportunity for freight usage in the future. Indeed, I've had a number of meetings recently with Breedon Aggregates, who have themselves invested in a significant project at Llandudno Junction for a new rail head to better enable freight travel, which, as you acknowledged, certainly supports economic growth whilst also helping our planet by reducing those emissions on the road. I acknowledge what you say, Minister, in terms of where the transport side of things lie in terms of ministerial portfolios, but, in terms of supporting companies and businesses in Wales, what support would you be looking to give companies like Breedon in their endeavours to make better use of the opportunities that freight has to offer?
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am gyflwyno cwestiwn pwysig iawn mewn perthynas â chludo nwyddau ar reilffyrdd ac economi Cymru. Weinidog, mae rheilffordd dyffryn Conwy yn fy rhanbarth yn mynd o Llandudno i lawr i Flaenau Ffestiniog, yn etholaeth yr Aelod, mewn gwirionedd, ac mae'n parhau i fod yn llwybr trafnidiaeth pwysig iawn i lawer o bobl. Rwyf wedi bod yn falch iawn o weld Network Rail yn buddsoddi miliynau yn y rheilffordd dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf i sicrhau ei dyfodol, a allai, wrth gwrs, gynnig cyfle i gludo nwyddau yn y dyfodol. Yn wir, cefais nifer o gyfarfodydd gyda Breedon Aggregates yn ddiweddar, sydd eu hunain wedi buddsoddi mewn prosiect sylweddol yng Nghyffordd Llandudno ar gyfer man llwytho newydd ar y rheilffordd i wella'r gallu i gludo nwyddau sydd, fel y gwnaethoch gydnabod, yn sicr yn cefnogi twf economaidd gan helpu ein planed ar yr un pryd drwy leihau allyriadau ar y ffyrdd. Rwy'n cydnabod yr hyn a ddywedwch, Weinidog, o ran yr ochr drafnidiaeth yn y portffolios gweinidogol, ond o ran cefnogi cwmnïau a busnesau yng Nghymru, pa gefnogaeth y bwriadwch ei roi i gwmnïau fel Breedon yn eu hymdrechion i wneud gwell defnydd o'r cyfleoedd y mae cludo nwyddau yn eu cynnig?
English: Well, when it comes to looking at the economic development opportunities that come, then, yes, we're always interested in working with companies and other partners. But I'm pleased you mentioned Network Rail in your answer, because, outside the core Valleys lines network, rail infrastructure is not devolved, and it is for Network Rail and the UK Government to invest in that, and it's an area where they've conspicuously not done so over a significant period of time. There's a broader point here - rather than picking a fight on areas that are plainly devolved, we'd be much better off if the UK Government would invest in areas that it is solely responsible for. We'd be happy to work with them to do so and to make sure that we do then realise the economic development opportunities that come from it.
Welsh: Wel, o edrych ar y cyfleoedd datblygu economaidd a ddaw yn sgil hynny, yna oes, mae gennym ddiddordeb bob amser mewn gweithio gyda chwmnïau a phartneriaid eraill. Ond rwy'n falch ichi grybwyll Network Rail yn eich ateb, oherwydd y tu hwnt i rwydwaith llinellau craidd y Cymoedd, nid yw seilwaith rheilffyrdd wedi'i ddatganoli, a mater i Network Rail a Llywodraeth y DU yw buddsoddi yn hwnnw, ac yn amlwg nid ydynt wedi gwneud hynny dros gyfnod sylweddol o amser. Mae pwynt ehangach yma - yn hytrach na dadlau dros feysydd sy'n amlwg wedi'u datganoli, byddem yn llawer gwell ein byd pe bai Llywodraeth y DU yn buddsoddi mewn meysydd y mae'n llwyr gyfrifol amdanynt. Byddem yn hapus i weithio gyda hwy i wneud hynny ac i sicrhau ein bod wedyn yn gwireddu'r cyfleoedd datblygu economaidd a ddaw yn sgil hynny.
English: Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. Thank you, Minister. It is good to see you after six years, really. My question is - [ Laughter.] It was the fourth Senedd, and it's the sixth Senedd. [ Laughter.]
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Lywydd. Diolch, Weinidog. Mae'n dda eich gweld chi ar ôl chwe blynedd, a dweud y gwir. Fy nghwestiwn yw - [ Chwerthin.] Y bedwaredd Senedd oedd hi, a hon yw'r chweched Senedd. [ Chwerthin.]
English: Thank you for the question, and it's good to see you after an enforced absence, and a return to this place. We're taking widespread action to invest in business. I set out an updated approach to moving the Welsh economy forward in the statement I gave to the Chamber on 19 October. We want to invest in people and infrastructure and support a fairer, greener and more prosperous economy in South Wales West and, of course, across the whole country, working with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Welsh: Diolch am y cwestiwn, ac mae'n dda eich gweld, ar ôl absenoldeb gorfodol a dychweliad i'r lle hwn. Rydym yn cymryd camau eang i fuddsoddi mewn busnes. Nodais ddull wedi'i ddiweddaru o symud economi Cymru yn ei blaen yn y datganiad a roddais i'r Siambr ar 19 Hydref. Rydym eisiau buddsoddi mewn pobl a seilwaith a chefnogi economi decach, mwy gwyrdd a mwy llewyrchus yng Ngorllewin De Cymru a ledled y wlad wrth gwrs, gan weithio gyda'n partneriaid yn y sectorau cyhoeddus, preifat a gwirfoddol.
English: Thank you very much, Minister. Minister, I'm sure, if we want the people of South Wales West to experience the advantages of a growing economy over the next few years, we need to see a strategy focused not just on job creation, but jobs with bigger pay packets, rewarding the skills and commitment of the local people. Can the Minister set out how many new jobs he aims to support over the next four years? And what proportion will be better paid? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Weinidog. Weinidog, os ydym eisiau i bobl De Orllewin Cymru brofi manteision economi sy'n tyfu dros yr ychydig flynyddoedd nesaf, rwy'n sicr fod angen inni weld strategaeth sy'n canolbwyntio nid yn unig ar greu swyddi, ond swyddi ar gyflogau uwch, gan wobrwyo sgiliau ac ymrwymiad y bobl leol. A all y Gweinidog nodi faint o swyddi newydd y mae'n bwriadu eu cefnogi dros y pedair blynedd nesaf? A pha gyfran fydd ar gyflogau gwell? Diolch.