English: Can I thank Carwyn Jones for his questions? I agree with everything that he's said about the way that Ford have treated the workforce. Of course, this facility has been at the very heart of the south Wales economy since the late 1970s, built in 1978 with taxpayers' support to house what was then called 'project Erika', the components that would feed into that particular vehicle. A hundred and forty three million pounds has been spent assisting Ford over the years, more than £60 million since 2006 alone. It is, as Carwyn Jones rightly said, a massive blow to the entire community. And in response to it, we will be going further than we would normally go with a taskforce approach, and I'll come to that in a moment. I expressed forcefully my view that Ford had badly let down the workforce and the people of the entire region and country in making the decision in the way that it made it, without due regard to the well-being and welfare of not just 1,700-plus people working at the site, but the entire community, and without engaging with the UK or Welsh Governments on alternatives, as they had been doing until very recently. Carwyn Jones raised the important question of Brexit in this regard. I can assure him that I raised this question with Ford, and I was told that whilst it was not the dominant factor in their deliberations, it was nonetheless extremely unhelpful and had increased their vulnerability. And they spoke in particular about the issue of frictionless trade at borders and how that could be ended with, in particular, a 'no deal' Brexit. And we only need to reflect back as well on their consistent message, from October last year, when they said that a 'no deal' Brexit would be devastating. Now, I'm pleased to see that the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who has been of great assistance since Thursday, has this morning confirmed in questions that companies in the sector have been crystal clear - that we need to leave the European Union with a deal that allows us to continue to trade without frictions. And he goes on to say about the opportunities that could be had if that can be secured. Carwyn Jones also raises the important question about pensions. I had a conference call yesterday with trade unions, with the local authority, with the Secretary of State for BEIS, the Secretary of State for Wales, and we agreed that there would have to be immediate assistance in the form of financial advisers for the workforce. And I also asked that the regulator get involved in this matter as soon as possible. We wish to keep the sharks from Bridgend, and therefore immediate assistance is required. I can assure the Member that we will do everything in our power to support those who will be affected by this decision. Our approach, as I said earlier, will be threefold. We will focus on the people who will be affected, as we always do, with a taskforce intervention, looking at opportunities, looking at their skills needs. But we will also put a particular focus on the potential of the site, examining every option to attract investment in. And we will work with BEIS, with the Department for International Trade and with the Wales Office in order to secure alternative employment. However, there will be a third strand to our work, which will include place. My recollections of growing up in Flintshire during the 1980s and during the 1990s have informed this decision. For the first few years after 8,500 people lost their jobs at Shotton steelworks, there was money in circulation - there were many new cars, many retail outlets did very well. But, from the mid 1980s, through the 1990s, and even to this day, challenges emerged that have scarred that entire community. And we will not allow Bridgend to go through what, sadly, Deeside went through in the 1980s and 1990s. And that is why I have determined that we have to have a particular piece of work, looking at how we can stimulate the economy of Bridgend between now and September of 2020, how we can stabilise businesses that rely so heavily on Ford, how we can support the supply chain not just within the automotive sector, but those many small, medium, and micro-sized businesses that rely on the money that Ford puts into the community, and how we can make the entire community investment ready. There is no doubt that this will have dealt a terrible blow in terms of the community's pride and dignity, but we will work side by side with the local authority, with Cardiff city deal, with BEIS, the Wales Office, with other partners, in ensuring that Bridgend has alternative employment, employment of the highest quality, that is well paid.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Carwyn Jones am ei gwestiynau? Rwy'n cytuno â phopeth a ddywedodd am y ffordd y mae Ford wedi trin y gweithlu. Wrth gwrs, mae'r cyfleuster hwn wedi bod yn gwbl ganolog i economi'r de ers diwedd y 1970au ar ôl ei adeiladu ym 1978 gyda chymorth trethdalwyr i gartrefu'r hyn a alwyd ar y pryd yn 'brosiect Erika', y cydrannau a fyddai'n mynd i adeiladu'r cerbyd penodol hwnnw. Gwariwyd £143 miliwn i gynorthwyo Ford dros y blynyddoedd, a mwy na £60 miliwn ers 2006 yn unig. Fel y dywedodd Carwyn Jones yn gywir, mae'n ergyd drom i'r gymuned gyfan. Ac mewn ymateb iddi, byddwn yn cymryd camau pellach nag y byddem ni fel arfer yn eu cymryd trwy ddull tasglu, a byddaf yn sôn am hynny mewn munud. Mynegais fy marn yn rymus bod Ford wedi gwneud cam gwael â'r gweithlu a phobl y rhanbarth a'r wlad gyfan wrth wneud y penderfyniad yn y ffordd y gwnaeth hynny, heb roi ystyriaeth briodol i les a llesiant y 1,700 a mwy o bobl sy'n gweithio ar y safle, nac i'r gymuned gyfan, a heb ymgysylltu â Llywodraethau'r DU na Chymru ar ddewisiadau eraill, fel yr oedden nhw wedi bod yn ei wneud tan yn ddiweddar iawn. Cododd Carwyn Jones y cwestiwn pwysig ynghylch Brexit yn hyn o beth. Gallaf ei sicrhau fy mod i wedi codi'r cwestiwn hwn gyda Ford, a dywedwyd wrthyf er nad hynny oedd y ffactor amlycaf yn eu trafodaethau, ei fod, serch hynny, yn hynod annefnyddiol ac wedi peri iddynt fod yn fwy agored i niwed. Ac roedden nhw'n siarad yn arbennig am y mater yn ymwneud â masnachu rhwydd ar ffiniau a sut y gallai hynny ddod i ben yn arbennig gyda Brexit 'dim cytundeb'. A dim ond edrych yn ôl ar eu neges gyson ers mis Hydref y llynedd sy'n rhaid, pan wnaethant ddweud y byddai Brexit 'dim cytundeb' yn drychinebus. Nawr, rwy'n falch o weld bod yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros Fusnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol, sydd wedi bod o gymorth mawr ers dydd Iau, wedi cadarnhau y bore yma mewn cwestiynau bod cwmnïau yn y sector wedi bod yn gwbl glir - bod angen inni adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd â bargen sy'n caniatáu inni barhau i fasnachu yn rhwydd. Ac mae'n mynd ymlaen i ddweud am y cyfleoedd a allai fod os gellir sicrhau hynny. Mae Carwyn Jones hefyd yn codi'r cwestiwn pwysig ynghylch pensiynau. Cefais alwad gynadledda ddoe gydag undebau llafur, gyda'r awdurdod lleol, gyda'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros Fusnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol, Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru, ac fe wnaethom gytuno y byddai'n rhaid rhoi cymorth ar unwaith ar ffurf cynghorwyr ariannol i'r gweithlu. A gofynnais hefyd i'r rheoleiddiwr gymryd rhan yn y mater hwn cyn gynted â phosibl. Rydym yn dymuno cadw'r siarcod o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr, ac felly mae angen cymorth ar unwaith. Gallaf sicrhau'r Aelod y byddwn yn gwneud popeth yn ein gallu i gefnogi'r rhai y bydd y penderfyniad hwn yn effeithio arnyn nhw. Fel y dywedais yn gynharach, bydd tair agwedd ar ein dull o weithredu. Byddwn yn canolbwyntio ar y bobl y bydd hyn yn effeithio arnyn nhw, fel y gwnawn bob amser, gydag ymyriad tasglu, yn edrych ar gyfleoedd ac yn edrych ar eu hanghenion sgiliau. Ond byddwn hefyd yn canolbwyntio'n benodol ar botensial y safle, ac yn archwilio pob opsiwn i ddenu buddsoddiad. A byddwn yn cydweithio â'r Adran Busnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol, yr Adran Masnach Ryngwladol a Swyddfa Cymru i sicrhau gwaith arall. Fodd bynnag, bydd trydedd elfen i'n gwaith, a fydd yn cynnwys lle. Fy atgofion o dyfu i fyny yn sir y Fflint yn ystod y 1980au ac yn ystod y 1990au sydd wedi llywio'r penderfyniad hwn. Yn ystod y blynyddoedd cyntaf ar ôl i 8,500 o bobl golli eu swyddi yng ngwaith dur Shotton, roedd arian i'w gael - roedd llawer o geir newydd, ac roedd llawer o siopau manwerthu yn llwyddiannus. Ond, o ganol y 1980au, trwy'r 1990au, a hyd yn oed hyd heddiw, daeth heriau i'r amlwg sydd wedi creithio'r gymuned gyfan honno. Ac ni fyddwn yn caniatáu i Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr gael yr un profiad ag a gafodd Glannau Dyfrdwy, yn anffodus, yn y 1980au a'r 1990au. A dyna pam yr wyf i wedi penderfynu bod yn rhaid inni gael darn penodol o waith, i ystyried sut y gallwn ysgogi economi Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr rhwng nawr a mis Medi 2020, sut y gallwn sefydlogi busnesau sy'n dibynnu cymaint ar Ford, sut y gallwn gefnogi'r gadwyn gyflenwi nid yn unig o fewn y sector moduro, ond hefyd y busnesau bach, canolig a micro niferus sy'n dibynnu ar yr arian y mae Ford yn ei roi i'r gymuned, a sut y gallwn sicrhau bod buddsoddiad y gymuned gyfan yn barod. Nid oes amheuaeth na fydd hyn wedi bod yn ergyd ofnadwy o ran balchder ac urddas y gymuned, ond byddwn yn gweithio ochr yn ochr â'r awdurdod lleol, gyda bargen ddinesig Caerdydd, gyda'r Adran Busnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol, Swyddfa Cymru, gyda phartneriaid eraill, i sicrhau bod cyflogaeth arall ar gael ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr, cyflogaeth o'r ansawdd uchaf, sy'n talu'n dda.