English: I'm pleased to speak in support of this motion today, and as a member of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee, I'd like to thank the Chair, the clerking team, other Members and witnesses for what's been a really interesting inquiry. For my contribution today, I'd like to focus on the first recommendation in the report. The evidence we took reinforced how important it is for housing and related supporting infrastructure to be included in the commission's report, alongside economic and environmental infrastructure. The testimony of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, the Home Builders Federation, and the Association for Consultancy and Engineering made a powerful case that our approach to housing needs to be holistic, Wales-wide and at the core of how we conceptualise infrastructure. I welcome the response from the Cabinet Secretary that the Welsh Government will consider the way we use strategic land during the review of the commission within this Assembly. But I'd like to make the point that when housing is developed, we also need to make sure we get the peripheral infrastructure right. For example, I'm dealing with an issue on a housing estate in the urban heart of my constituency that was developed a few years ago. For all this time, residents have been without decent broadband. For example, one resident told me their broadband speed is just 0.3 kilobytes per second. The reason for this: infrastructure provision at the site has never been linked up. This impacts on their ability to work, to study, to communicate and to relax. Residents are forced to go to unnecessary cost and are left disappointed that an infrastructural expectation on a brand-new housing estate just isn't up to scratch. Alongside this, the committee considered social infrastructure. We didn't reach agreement that all aspects of this should be within the commission's remit, but I am pleased that the Cabinet Secretary placed on record in his reply that the national infrastructure commission for Wales will be expected to consider the potential interactions between its future recommendations and social infrastructure. I'd like to briefly explore why this is so important, and why it is the glue that can bring together and strengthen local communities, to quote from a document on considering Infrastructure in the Thames gateway. Ed Evans, from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association Wales gave some important evidence, which is quoted in our report. He said: 'we need to see infrastructure in its entirety, and it does encompass economic, social and environmental considerations.' If we don't do this, I would argue that we won't align with the sustainability principles underpinning the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Chwarae Teg also made this point, noting that the definition of sustainable development in the Act intertwines the social with the economic and environmental. Including childcare, social care and educational facilities will ensure the commission can play its strategic role effectively. In a twenty-first century Wales, we need to consider these elements of social infrastructure, alongside more traditional aspects of infrastructure such as transport or broadband, as both determine whether people can access work, as well as how and where they're able to do so. Public services and infrastructure are key components of the foundational economy and I was glad to table a motion last week with two other members of the committee on this crucial issue. Flexible childcare provision is one aspect of this. My constituency and others across the northern Valleys are well-served by a plethora of childcare providers and we see some innovative practices currently in development, such as Wales's first outdoor kindergarten, which is scheduled to open in Dare Valley Country Park this summer. The network of existing provision will be further utilised under the roll-out of the Welsh Government's childcare policy, and, indeed, demand for childcare may well outstrip supply. Additional childcare providers are likely to be needed to provide this vital infrastructure - infrastructure that has the potential to assist residents in enhancing their employability prospects, increasing their disposable income and boosting their social mobility. My final point in support of including social infrastructure within the remit of the commission is that this is what the most ambitious global examples already do. Australian federal and state governments both look at economic and social infrastructure. New Zealand and Canada's national infrastructure bodies include social aspects in their remits, too. And these seem like good examples for us to be following.
Welsh: Rwy'n falch o allu siarad o blaid y cynnig hwn heddiw, ac fel aelod o Bwyllgor yr Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau, hoffwn ddiolch i'r Cadeirydd, y tîm clercio, Aelodau eraill a thystion am ymchwiliad diddorol iawn. Ar gyfer fy nghyfraniad heddiw, hoffwn ganolbwyntio ar argymhelliad cyntaf yr adroddiad. Roedd y dystiolaeth a glywsom yn atgyfnerthu pa mor bwysig yw cynnwys tai a seilwaith ategol cysylltiedig yn adroddiad y comisiwn, ochr yn ochr â seilwaith economaidd ac amgylcheddol. Gwnaeth tystiolaeth Bwrdd Uchelgais Economaidd Gogledd Cymru, y Ffederasiwn Adeiladwyr Cartrefi, a'r Gymdeithas ar gyfer Ymgynghori a Pheirianneg achos cryf iawn a nodai fod angen i'n hymagwedd at dai fod yn gyfannol, ar gyfer Cymru gyfan ac wrth wraidd y ffordd y meddyliwn am seilwaith. Croesawaf ymateb Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystyried y ffordd y defnyddiwn dir strategol yn ystod yr adolygiad o'r comisiwn yn y Cynulliad hwn. Ond hoffwn ychwanegu, pan fo tai'n cael eu datblygu, fod angen inni sicrhau hefyd fod y seilwaith ymylol yn iawn. Er enghraifft, rwy'n ymdrin â mater ar ystad dai a ddatblygwyd ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl yng nghanol ardal drefol yn fy etholaeth. Dros yr holl amser hwn, nid yw'r trigolion wedi gallu cael band eang boddhaol. Er enghraifft, dywedodd un o'r trigolion wrthyf mai 0.3 cilobeit yr eiliad yn unig oedd cyflymder eu band eang. Y rheswm am hyn: nid yw'r ddarpariaeth seilwaith ar y safle erioed wedi'i gydgysylltu. Mae hyn yn effeithio ar eu gallu i weithio, i astudio, i gyfathrebu ac i ymlacio. Mae trigolion yn cael eu gorfodi i fynd i gostau diangen ac yn cael eu siomi nad yw'r disgwyliad o ran seilwaith ar ystad o dai newydd sbon yn cyrraedd y safon. Ochr yn ochr â hyn, ystyriwyd seilwaith cymdeithasol gan y pwyllgor. Ni ddaethom i gytundeb y dylai cylch gwaith y comisiwn gynnwys pob agwedd ar hyn, ond rwy'n falch fod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi rhoi cofnodi yn ei ateb y bydd disgwyl i gomisiwn seilwaith cenedlaethol Cymru ystyried y rhyngweithio posibl rhwng ei argymhellion yn y dyfodol a'r seilwaith cymdeithasol. Yn gryno, hoffwn archwilio pam fod hyn mor bwysig, a pham mai dyma yw'r glud sy'n gallu dod â chymunedau lleol ynghyd a'u cryfhau, i ddyfynnu o ddogfen ar ystyried seilwaith ym mhorth Tafwys. Cafwyd tystiolaeth bwysig, a ddyfynnir yn ein hadroddiad, gan Ed Evans, o Gymdeithas Contractwyr Peirianneg Sifil Cymru. Dywedodd: [fod] angen inni weld seilwaith yn ei gyfanrwydd, ac mae hynny'n cwmpasu ystyriaethau economaidd, cymdeithasol ac amgylcheddol. Os na wnawn hyn, byddwn yn dadlau na fyddwn yn cydymffurfio â'r egwyddorion cynaliadwyedd sy'n sail i Ddeddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015. Tynnodd Chwarae Teg sylw at y pwynt hwn hefyd, gan nodi bod y diffiniad o ddatblygu cynaliadwy yn y Ddeddf yn cydblethu agweddau cymdeithasol gydag agweddau economaidd ac amgylcheddol. Bydd cynnwys gofal plant, gofal cymdeithasol a chyfleusterau addysgol yn sicrhau y gall y comisiwn gyflawni ei rôl strategol yn effeithiol. Yng Nghymru yn yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, mae angen inni ystyried yr elfennau hyn o seilwaith cymdeithasol ochr yn ochr ag agweddau mwy traddodiadol ar seilwaith megis trafnidiaeth neu fand eang, gan y gallant bennu a yw pobl yn gallu cael mynediad at waith ai peidio, yn ogystal â sut a ble y gallant wneud hynny. Mae gwasanaethau cyhoeddus a seilwaith yn elfennau allweddol o'r economi sylfaenol ac roeddwn yn falch o allu cyflwyno cynnig yr wythnos diwethaf gyda dau aelod arall o'r pwyllgor ar y mater hollbwysig hwn. Mae darpariaeth gofal plant sy'n hyblyg yn un agwedd ar hyn. Mae fy etholaeth i ac eraill ledled y Cymoedd gogleddol yn cael eu gwasanaethu'n dda gan lu o ddarparwyr gofal plant, ac rydym yn gweld rhai arferion arloesol yn cael eu datblygu ar hyn o bryd, megis ysgol feithrin awyr agored gyntaf Cymru, a fydd yn agor ym Mharc Gwledig Cwm Dâr yn ystod yr haf. Bydd y rhwydwaith presennol o ddarpariaeth yn cael rhagor o ddefnydd wrth i bolisi gofal plant Llywodraeth Cymru gael ei roi ar waith, ac yn wir, efallai y bydd y galw am ofal plant yn fwy na'r cyflenwad. Yn ôl pob tebyg, bydd angen rhagor o ddarparwyr gofal plant i ddarparu'r seilwaith hanfodol hwn - seilwaith sydd â'r potensial i gynorthwyo trigolion i wella eu rhagolygon cyflogadwyedd, cynyddu eu hincwm gwario a hybu eu symudedd cymdeithasol. Fy mhwynt olaf i gefnogi'r syniad o gynnwys seilwaith cymdeithasol yng nghylch gwaith y comisiwn yw'r ffaith mai dyma beth y mae'r enghreifftiau mwyaf uchelgeisiol ledled y byd eisoes yn ei wneud. Mae'r llywodraeth ffederal a llywodraethau'r taleithiau yn Awstralia yn edrych ar seilwaith economaidd a chymdeithasol. Mae cyrff seilwaith cenedlaethol Seland Newydd a Chanada hefyd yn cynnwys agweddau cymdeithasol yn eu cylchoedd gwaith. Ac ymddengys eu bod yn enghreifftiau da i ni eu dilyn.