English: It is very difficult to understand, really, how we got from that meeting here with Charles Hendry some time ago now, where there was such positive cross-party support for the tidal lagoon in Swansea bay and tidal lagoons further afield in Wales. In fact, I can remember Charles Hendry saying how struck he was by the strength and depth of that cross-party support, and yet here we are today with this decision after much delay. It really does, I think, leave a bitter taste in all of our mouths, considering that process and the ultimate decision. I know that in Newport, and I know in Cardiff, there's a great deal of interest and support for the tidal lagoons that are proposed for either side of the mouth of the River Usk. From my constituency office, I can see the amazing rise and fall of the River Usk, which is such a natural phenomenon that strikes so many people who visit Newport, and, obviously, that applies to the estuary as well. And I know that very many people are simply amazed, really, that at a time when we're looking for renewable energy, and we're all so clear about the positives of renewable energy, that wonderful natural phenomenon remains unharnessed and, as yet, there are no projects in the immediate offing that offer the opportunity to harness that incredible energy on a daily basis. I know that there will be a great deal of anger at this decision further afield than Swansea and Swansea bay, and that will extend to Newport as well. There are people who want to look at the possibilities of going ahead with those lagoons around the mouth of the River Usk regardless of what happens with Swansea bay, because some of the economies of scale are different, but obviously Swansea bay was the pathfinder, as the Cabinet Secretary has mentioned, and it would have looked at some of the environmental effects and environmental issues. It's quite difficult, actually, to perhaps come to a considered judgement on some of those aspects without the actual experience of having that lagoon in Swansea bay and those aspects monitored and detailed. But I just wonder, really, Cabinet Secretary, what you can say about the wider picture in Wales, including those proposals for either side of the mouth of the River Usk in the light of this decision that has now been taken, because, as you rightly said, it was a wider, bigger picture. It really should have been considered, the Swansea bay proposal, in terms of its pathfinder nature and the other lagoons that could have followed off the Welsh coast and much further afield. Is it your understanding that there was adequate consideration of that wider picture? If not, is there any mileage in returning to that bigger picture, and even at this late stage looking at the overall vision and how that should be assessed? And just finally, Llywydd, a further aspect: people pointed to the tourism opportunities and benefits that would have followed from the establishment of a tidal lagoon, but another aspect, of course, was community benefit, and there was a great deal of interest, excitement and, indeed, forward planning in Newport as to what could have been done with the income that would have been generated in community benefit from those local lagoons were they to proceed, and I think that's another very unfortunate aspect of this decision that has been handed down from on high.
Welsh: Mae'n anodd iawn deall, mewn gwirionedd, sut y daethom o'r cyfarfod hwnnw yn y fan yma gyda Charles Hendry beth amser yn ôl erbyn hyn, pryd y cafwyd cymaint o gefnogaeth drawsbleidiol gadarnhaol i'r morlyn llanw ym Mae Abertawe a morlynnoedd llanw mewn rhannau eraill o Gymru. Yn wir, rwy'n cofio Charles Hendry yn dweud y gwnaed argraff fawr arno gan gryfder a dyfnder y gefnogaeth drawsbleidiol honno, ac eto dyma ni heddiw gyda'r penderfyniad hwn ar ôl llawer o oedi. Y mae wir, yn fy marn i, yn chwerw ei flas i bob un ohonom ni, o ystyried y broses honno a'r penderfyniad terfynol. Gwn fod yng Nghasnewydd, ac yng Nghaerdydd, lawer o ddiddordeb a chefnogaeth i forlynnoedd llanw sydd wedi eu cynnig ar gyfer y ddwy lan i aber Afon Wysg. O'm swyddfa yn fy etholaeth, gallaf weld ymchwydd a chilio anhygoel Afon Wysg, sydd y fath ffenomenon naturiol a wnaiff argraff ar gymaint o bobl sy'n ymweld â Chasnewydd, ac, yn amlwg, mae hynny'n berthnasol i'r aber hefyd. Ac rwy'n gwybod bod llawer iawn o bobl wedi gwir ryfeddu, ar adeg pan ein bod yn chwilio am ynni adnewyddadwy, a ninnau i gyd mor sicr o effaith gadarnhaol ynni adnewyddadwy, fod y ffenomen naturiol wych yn dal i fod heb ei harneisio, a hyd yma, nid oes unrhyw brosiectau ar y gweill ar hyn o bryd sy'n cynnig cyfle i harneisio'r egni anhygoel hwnnw yn feunyddiol. Gwn y bydd llawer iawn o ddicter yn sgil y penderfyniad hwn y tu hwnt i Abertawe a Bae Abertawe, a bydd hynny'n ymestyn i Gasnewydd hefyd. Ceir pobl sydd yn awyddus i edrych ar y posibiliadau o fwrw ymlaen â'r morlynnoedd hynny o gwmpas ceg Afon Wysg waeth beth sy'n digwydd gyda Bae Abertawe, oherwydd mae rhai o'r arbedion maint yn wahanol, ond mae'n amlwg mai Bae Abertawe oedd y cynllun braenaru, fel y crybwyllodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a byddai wedi edrych ar rai o'r effeithiau amgylcheddol a'r materion amgylcheddol. Mae'n anodd iawn, mewn gwirionedd, i gael barn ystyriol efallai ar rai o'r agweddau hynny heb brofiad gwirioneddol o gael y morlyn ym Mae Abertawe a chael monitro a manylu ar yr agweddau hynny. Ond roeddwn i'n meddwl tybed, mewn gwirionedd, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, beth allwch chi ei ddweud am y darlun ehangach yng Nghymru, yn cynnwys y cynigion hynny o ddwy lan ceg afon Wysg yng ngoleuni'r penderfyniad hwn sydd bellach wedi ei gymryd, oherwydd, fel yr oeddech chi'n dweud, roedd yn ddarlun mwy ac ehangach. Fe ddylid mewn gwirionedd fod wedi ei ystyried, cynnig Bae Abertawe, o ran ei natur braenaru a'r morlynnoedd eraill a allai fod wedi dilyn ar arfordir Cymru ac ymhell y tu hwnt i hynny. Ai eich dealltwriaeth chi yw y bu ystyriaeth ddigonol o'r darlun ehangach hwnnw? Os na fu, a oes unrhyw werth mewn dychwelyd at y darlun ehangach hwnnw ac edrych, hyd yn oed ar y cam diweddar hwn, ar y weledigaeth ehangach a sut y dylid ei hasesu? Ac yn olaf, Llywydd, agwedd arall eto: cyfeiriodd pobl at gyfleoedd o ran twristiaeth a manteision a fyddai wedi dilyn sefydlu morlyn llanw, ond agwedd arall, wrth gwrs, oedd y budd cymunedol, a bu llawer iawn o ddiddordeb, cyffro ac, yn wir, cynllunio yng Nghasnewydd ynglŷn â'r hyn y gellid fod wedi ei wneud gyda'r incwm a fyddai wedi cael ei gynhyrchu mewn budd cymunedol gan y morlynnoedd lleol pe bydden nhw wedi mynd yn eu blaenau, ac rwy'n credu bod honno'n agwedd anffodus iawn arall ar y penderfyniad hwn sydd wedi dod inni oddi uchod.