English: I thank the Minister for his statement this afternoon. Whilst we welcome all those initiatives outlined in the Minister's statement, including the setting up of the regional investment for Wales steering group, and your extensive engagement with the OECD, it does however beg the question what the Welsh Government has achieved with the billions of pounds received in EU regional funding over the past 20 years. Perhaps you can explain to us and the people in the south Wales Valleys why they are still classed as some of the poorest in Europe. Surely, Minister, your continued scepticism with regard to the UK Government replacement funding does little to foster good relations with Westminster. Perhaps you can explain to us how you feel that this is the best way forward. And, as Darren Millar pointed out, you have had many assurances in statements from the UK Government that Wales will not receive a penny less. Indeed, it could receive a great deal more once the shared prosperity fund is administered. And perhaps I should point out that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are not alone in awaiting this allocation. Many of the regions of England are similarly placed. You point out that we will lose out on EU structural funding to the tune of £375 million per year, but fail to point out that we had to comply with restrictive EU rules in its application, whilst the £14 billion allocated by the UK Parliament through the Barnett formula, which, although flawed, comes with no such restrictions and which the Welsh Government is free to administer as it sees fit. May I also say, Minister, that one cannot ignore the irony in your call to respect the devolution referendum, given you and your party's deliberate attempts over the last three years to thwart the decision by the Welsh people to leave the EU in that referendum. Much of this statement contains reference to initiatives and actions being put in place to create a prosperous and inclusive Wales. Minister, one has to ask, irrespective of Brexit, when will the rhetoric stop and the delivery begin?
Welsh: Rwy'n diolch i'r Gweinidog am ei ddatganiad y prynhawn yma. Rydym yn croesawu'r holl fentrau hyn a amlinellwyd yn natganiad y Gweinidog, gan gynnwys sefydlu grŵp llywio buddsoddi rhanbarthol i Gymru, a'ch ymgysylltiad helaeth chi â'r Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd (OECD). Serch hynny, mae'n codi'r cwestiwn o beth mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ei gyflawni gyda'r biliynau o bunnoedd a gafwyd yng nghyllid rhanbarthol yr UE dros yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf. Efallai y gwnewch chi egluro wrthym ni a phobl Cymoedd y De pam maen nhw'n cael eu hystyried o hyd ymhlith y tlotaf yn Ewrop. Yn sicr, Gweinidog, nid yw eich amheuaeth barhaus chi ynghylch y cyllid newydd a ddaw gan Lywodraeth y DU yn gwneud fawr ddim i feithrin perthynas dda â San Steffan. Efallai y gwnewch chi egluro inni pam yr ydych chi'n teimlo mai hon yw'r ffordd orau ymlaen. Ac fel y dywedodd Darren Millar, rydych wedi cael llawer o sicrwydd mewn datganiadau gan Lywodraeth y DU na fydd Cymru yn cael ceiniog yn llai. Yn wir, fe allai gael llawer iawn mwy pan fydd y gronfa ffyniant a rennir yn cael ei gweinyddu. Ac efallai y dylwn i nodi nad Cymru, yr Alban na Gogledd Iwerddon yw'r unig rai sy'n aros am y dyraniad hwn. Mae llawer o ranbarthau Lloegr yn yr un sefyllfa. Rydych chi'n dweud y byddwn ni'n colli gwerth £375 miliwn y flwyddyn o arian strwythurol yr UE. Ond nid ydych yn cyfeirio at y ffaith ein bod wedi gorfod cydymffurfio â rheolau caeth yr UE wrth ei gymhwyso, tra bod y £14 biliwn a ddyrannwyd gan Senedd y DU drwy fformiwla Barnett, er yn ddiffygiol, yn dod heb gyfyngiadau o'r fath ac mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn rhydd i'w weinyddu fel y gwêl yn dda. A gaf i ddweud hefyd, Gweinidog, na all neb anwybyddu'r eironi yn eich galwad chi i barchu'r refferendwm ar ddatganoli, o ystyried eich ymdrechion bwriadol chi a'ch plaid dros y tair blynedd diwethaf i rwystro'r penderfyniad gan bobl Cymru i ymadael â'r UE yn y refferendwm hwnnw. Mae llawer o'r datganiad hwn yn cynnwys cyfeiriadau at fentrau a chamau gweithredu sy'n cael eu rhoi ar waith i greu Cymru ffyniannus a chynhwysol. Gweinidog, mae'n rhaid gofyn, beth bynnag am Brexit, pryd fydd y rhethreg yn dod i ben a'r cyflenwi'n dechrau?