English: Thank you, and thank you for contacting me this morning. I should make this clear, Dirprwy Lywydd: when redundancy events take place, it is often the case there has been a conversation with the council, with other support officials, with Business Wales, sometimes the development bank, sometimes directly with teams of Welsh Government officials, in this case Lesley Griffiths in her role as Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales. The food division have contacts with this sector, and of course, during the pandemic, I spent more time than I'd wish to finding out more about this particular sector, because there were COVID outbreaks, and we looked at some of the challenges. So, the company are aware of the existence of the Welsh Government, the fact that we've been actively engaged around this company, and they knew how to contact people in both the food division and the economy department. What hasn't happened is there wasn't contact with the Welsh Government. The news this morning was a surprise. There was no prior warning or engagement with us. I did take a call from Unite the Union about what was likely to happen today, and they are obviously concerned about the direct loss of jobs that is signalled in the announcement. They are concerned about the health impact on their members of a large-scale redundancy event. There is almost always a health consequence for the workforce and the surrounding community. They're concerned about what the redundancy terms will be, and the room that may or may not provide people to deal with both the shock of the loss of employment with the final pay packet, and the opportunities that do or don't exist to seek further work. There are broader points about the supply chain and all those other people who will be affected by the closure: how genuine is the consultation, or not? What will be the future of the site, as well - a significant site in terms of its scale - and what might happen there if 2 Sisters go ahead with their closure? They're all points where we don't have answers yet. They're all points that we do need to work together on. I am grateful for the constructive approach taken by both Unite the Union and the council, and I'll look for a proper and constructive response from the company. I will of course work with elected representatives from across the political spectrum to try to get the best possible outcome for the workforce that are there and the surrounding community.
Welsh: Diolch, a diolch am gysylltu â mi y bore yma. Dylwn wneud hyn yn glir, Ddirprwy Lywydd: pan fo diswyddiadau'n cael eu gwneud, yn aml bydd sgwrs wedi bod gyda'r cyngor, gyda swyddogion cymorth eraill, gyda Busnes Cymru, weithiau gyda'r banc datblygu, weithiau'n uniongyrchol gyda thimau o swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru, yn yr achos hwn Lesley Griffiths yn ei rôl fel Gweinidog Materion Gwledig a Gogledd Cymru. Mae gan yr adran fwyd gysylltiadau â'r sector hwn, ac wrth gwrs, yn ystod y pandemig, treuliais fwy o amser nag y byddwn wedi'i ddymuno yn darganfod mwy am y sector penodol hwn, oherwydd cafwyd achosion o COVID, a buom yn edrych ar rai o'r heriau. Felly, mae'r cwmni'n ymwybodol o fodolaeth Llywodraeth Cymru, y ffaith ein bod ni wedi mynd ati i ymgysylltu â'r cwmni hwn, ac roeddent yn gwybod sut i gysylltu â phobl yn yr adran fwyd ac yn adran yr economi. Ond nid oes unrhyw gyswllt wedi bod â Llywodraeth Cymru. Roedd y newyddion y bore yma yn syndod. Ni chafwyd unrhyw rybudd nac unrhyw ymgysylltiad blaenorol â ni. Cefais alwad gan undeb Unite am yr hyn a oedd yn debygol o ddigwydd heddiw, ac maent yn amlwg yn bryderus am y swyddi yr awgrymai'r cyhoeddiad y byddent yn cael eu colli'n uniongyrchol. Maent yn poeni am effaith diswyddiadau ar raddfa fawr ar iechyd eu haelodau. Bron bob amser ceir canlyniad iechyd i'r gweithlu a'r gymuned gyfagos. Maent yn poeni beth fydd y telerau diswyddo, i ba raddau y byddai'r pecyn cyflog terfynol yn galluogi i bobl ymdopi â'r sioc o golli cyflogaeth a pha gyfleoedd sy'n bodoli i chwilio am waith pellach. Ceir pwyntiau ehangach am y gadwyn gyflenwi a'r holl bobl eraill yr effeithir arnynt gan y cau: pa mor ddilys yw'r ymgynghoriad? Beth fydd dyfodol y safle, hefyd - safle sylweddol o ran ei faint - a beth allai ddigwydd yno os bydd 2 Sisters yn bwrw ati i gau? Mae'r rhain i gyd yn bwyntiau nad oes gennym atebion iddynt eto. Maent oll yn bwyntiau y mae angen inni weithio gyda'n gilydd arnynt. Rwy'n ddiolchgar am y dull adeiladol a fabwysiadwyd gan undeb Unite a'r cyngor, a byddaf yn edrych am ymateb priodol ac adeiladol gan y cwmni. Byddaf yn gweithio gyda chynrychiolwyr etholedig o bob rhan o'r sbectrwm gwleidyddol wrth gwrs i geisio sicrhau'r canlyniad gorau posibl i'r gweithlu sydd yno a'r gymuned oddi amgylch.