English: My colleagues and I would like to put on record our sympathy with the 252 employees of Triumph Furniture. It's deeply sad that a family business that has been in existence for over 60 years has ceased trading, and I'd like to compliment Merthyr Tydfil council, who are reportedly working with local employers to host a recruitment day for the workers affected. Such a rapid loss of employment in these numbers can have a real adverse effect on a community, and it is reassuring the council are working proactively to help. With the business losing hundreds of thousands of pounds of profit in public sector sales in recent months, a restructuring or sale of the business would have been essential, and we regret to learn that the attempts to secure additional funding for a restructuring were not successful. It does appear that problems came to light too late for Welsh Government intervention. We also note that uncertainty around Brexit would have had an effect. We urge our colleagues across the Assembly to make sure that we have a Brexit sooner rather than later so that businesses know their future and can adjust accordingly. Will the Minister confirm that some of the companies that were mentioned earlier with a loss of jobs explicitly said that it was nothing to do with Brexit that caused their collapse? Housing transactions remain stable - [ Interruption.] It's a fact that housing transactions remain stable, from the data we have available to us, which would suggest that demand for furniture should also remain stable, but a company that loses contracts worth hundreds of thousands of pounds of profit is always going to face a serious challenge. Triumph did previously enter administration, but at that time were able to be rescued and were able to change their focus. It is deeply unfortunate that the company did not have time to make changes in this instance. Can I ask the Minister to confirm that the usual interventions when a company fails will be put in place in this instance? Again, I would like to finish by saying that the real cost is the human cost to the employees, and I will reiterate that my colleagues and I have the deepest sympathy with the 252 workers affected.
Welsh: Hoffai fy nghyd-Aelodau a minnau gofnodi ein cydymdeimlad â'r 252 o weithwyr Triumph Furniture. Mae'n drist iawn fod busnes teuluol sydd wedi bodoli ers dros 60 o flynyddoedd wedi rhoi'r gorau i fasnachu, a hoffwn ganmol cyngor Merthyr Tudful, y dywedir eu bod yn gweithio gyda chyflogwyr lleol i gynnal diwrnod recriwtio ar gyfer y gweithwyr yr effeithiwyd arnynt. Gall colli gwaith mor gyflym mewn niferoedd o'r fath gael effaith wirioneddol andwyol ar gymuned, ac mae'n galonogol fod y cyngor yn gweithio'n rhagweithiol i helpu. Gyda'r busnes wedi colli cannoedd o filoedd o bunnoedd o elw mewn gwerthiannau sector cyhoeddus yn y misoedd diwethaf, byddai wedi bod yn hanfodol ailstrwythuro neu werthu'r busnes, ac mae'n drueni gennym glywed na lwyddodd yr ymdrechion i sicrhau cyllid ychwanegol ar gyfer ailstrwythuro. Mae'n ymddangos bod problemau wedi dod i'r amlwg yn rhy hwyr i Lywodraeth Cymru allu ymyrryd. Nodwn hefyd y byddai ansicrwydd ynghylch Brexit wedi cael effaith. Anogwn ein cyd-Aelodau ar draws y Cynulliad i wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn cael Brexit yn gynt yn hytrach nag yn ddiweddarach fel bod busnesau'n gwybod beth fydd eu dyfodol a gallu addasu yn unol â hynny. A wnaiff y Gweinidog gadarnhau bod rhai o'r cwmnïau y cyfeiriwyd atynt gynnau a oedd wedi colli swyddi wedi dweud yn glir nad oedd a wnelo Brexit â'u cwymp mewn unrhyw fodd? Mae prynu a gwerthu tai yn parhau'n sefydlog - [ T orri ar draws.] Mae'n ffaith fod prynu a gwerthu tai yn parhau'n sefydlog o'r data sydd ar gael i ni, a byddai hynny'n awgrymu y dylai'r galw am ddodrefn aros yn sefydlog hefyd, ond mae cwmni sy'n colli contractau gwerth cannoedd o filoedd o bunnoedd o elw bob amser yn mynd i wynebu her ddifrifol. Mae Triumph wedi mynd i ddwylo'r gweinyddwr o'r blaen, ond ar y pryd roedd modd eu hachub ac roeddent yn gallu newid eu ffocws. Mae'n anffodus tu hwnt na chafodd y cwmni amser i wneud newidiadau yn yr achos hwn. A gaf fi ofyn i'r Gweinidog gadarnhau y bydd yr ymyriadau arferol pan fydd cwmni'n methu yn cael eu rhoi ar waith yn yr achos hwn? Unwaith eto, hoffwn orffen drwy ddweud mai'r gost go iawn yw'r gost ddynol i'r gweithwyr, ac ailadroddaf fod fy nghyd-Aelodau a minnau'n cydymdeimlo'n fawr â'r 252 o weithwyr yr effeithir arnynt.