English: I thank David Rowlands for his contributions and for his questions. I am pleased that UKIP support the free bus passes for older people. I regret that they do not support free prescriptions for all. Removing free prescriptions, I believe, would constitute a tax on illness, but far be it for me to answer on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary for health. In terms of the last point that was made by the Member, he may recall that back in January I launched a five-point business plan, and that was in response to the failure of a number of bus companies in Wales, including probably the most prominent, GHA coaches. Part of the five-point plan saw Business Wales assist local bus operators in identifying more sustainable business models, and part of that work, in turn, has identified the need to be more intelligent in the deployment of vehicles. It's not just David Rowlands. Lee Waters has also raised with me on numerous occasions the need for bus operators to deploy smaller vehicles, where it is known that a route will only require a small vehicle. It's not good for the environment, it's not good for the sustainability of bus companies, to be operating vehicles that are expensive and will never reach capacity in terms of passengers on them. I wish to see that work continue by Business Wales, and I wish to see more local bus companies assisted by expert advisers. I think, in terms of the availability of services, the Member raises a very interesting point, that in the future we are going to see quite radical change in the way that the public are mobile. With the arrival of Uber and other operators, we will probably see an increasing number of operators offering a form of public transport that traditionally would have been delivered by small bus companies, but which could be delivered by connected vehicles, and so it's entirely possible that we'll see taxis operating more as small buses. That, then, presents a challenge to the existing bus operators, but it's something that I'm keen for my officials to work through and to explore the future potential of. I do think that we need to look at how we can ensure that there are services available to all people who may be in receipt of these passes, and for that reason, I've incorporated into the consultation a question about whether we extend the companion pass to two people. It currently applies to just one person helping disabled people, but I think that we need to ask the question of whether there are two companions needed.
Welsh: Diolch i David Rowlands am ei gyfraniadau ac am ei gwestiynau. Rwy'n falch bod UKIP yn cefnogi'r tocynnau bws am ddim i bobl hŷn. Mae'n anffodus nad ydynt yn cefnogi presgripsiynau am ddim i bawb. Byddai rhoi'r gorau i bresgripsiynau am ddim, yn fy marn i, yn gyfystyr â threth ar salwch, ond nid fy lle i yw ateb ar ran Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros iechyd. O ran y pwynt olaf a wnaeth yr Aelod, efallai y bydd yn cofio, yn ôl ym mis Ionawr, fy mod wedi lansio cynllun busnes pum pwynt, ac roedd hynny mewn ymateb i fethiant nifer o gwmnïau bysiau yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys efallai y mwyaf adnabyddus, bysiau GHA. Rhan o'r cynllun pum pwynt oedd y byddai Busnes Cymru yn cynorthwyo gweithredwyr bysiau lleol i ganfod modelau busnes mwy cynaliadwy, ac mae rhan o'r gwaith hwnnw, yn ei dro, wedi canfod bod angen defnyddio cerbydau mewn modd mwy deallus. Nid dim ond David Rowlands yw hyn. Mae Lee Waters hefyd wedi sôn wrthyf ar nifer o achlysuron am yr angen i weithredwyr bysiau ddefnyddio cerbydau llai, lle maent yn gwybod mai dim ond cerbyd bach fydd ei angen ar daith. Nid yw'n dda i'r amgylchedd, nid yw'n dda i gynaliadwyedd cwmnïau bysiau, eu bod yn defnyddio cerbydau drud na fyddant byth yn llawn o ran y teithwyr sydd arnynt. Hoffwn weld y gwaith hwnnw gan Busnes Cymru yn parhau, a hoffwn weld mwy o gwmnïau bysiau lleol yn cael cymorth gan gynghorwyr arbenigol. Rwy'n credu, o ran y gwasanaethau sydd ar gael, bod yr Aelod yn codi pwynt diddorol iawn, sef y byddwn yn y dyfodol yn gweld newid eithaf radical yn y ffordd y mae'r cyhoedd yn symud o gwmpas. Gyda dyfodiad Uber a gweithredwyr eraill, mae'n debyg y byddwn yn gweld nifer cynyddol o weithredwyr yn cynnig math o drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus a fyddai wedi cael ei ddarparu gan gwmnïau bysiau bach yn draddodiadol, ond y gellid eu darparu gan gerbydau cysylltiedig, ac felly mae'n gwbl bosibl y byddwn yn gweld tacsis yn gweithredu'n fwy fel bysiau bach. Mae hynny wedyn yn cyflwyno her i'r gweithredwyr bysiau presennol, ond mae'n rhywbeth yr wyf yn awyddus i'm swyddogion weithio drwyddo ac archwilio ei botensial yn y dyfodol. Rwy'n meddwl bod angen inni edrych ar sut y gallwn sicrhau bod gwasanaethau ar gael i bawb a allai gael y cardiau hyn, ac am y rheswm hwnnw, rwyf wedi cynnwys cwestiwn yn yr ymgynghoriad i ofyn a ydym ni'n ymestyn y cerdyn cydymaith i ddau o bobl. Ar hyn o bryd mae'n berthnasol i un unigolyn yn unig sy'n helpu pobl anabl, ond rwy'n meddwl bod angen inni ofyn a oes angen dau gydymaith.