English: I welcome the Government's statement. I just can't understand why everybody else doesn't believe in the importance of forests, because I actually believe it's one of the most important things we have. I don't believe you can actually have too many trees, and it always pains me when I see a number of trees being chopped down. In Rebecca Evans's constituency, a giant redwood has been chopped down in Penllergaer. That's a matter of massive local concern, and it's also a matter of concern - the number of trees in that area that are being removed. So, I think that we really do need to protect trees more than we do now. Tree preservation orders are very good. They give more of an illusion of protection than actual protection, but when they've had an accident and they've knocked a tree down, you can't un-accident the removal of a tree. I'll tell you what, if there are two things I know: grade II listed buildings spontaneously combust, and people driving around trees have accidents at fairly regular intervals, which ends up knocking down trees that have tree preservation orders on them. Both of those I find amazing, and it must be serendipity that causes them. Can I welcome the co-operative forest planning scheme, specifically for people and co-operatives to work together and plan woodland creation at a significant and strategic scale? I support the planting of mixed forestry as opposed to a monoculture of conifers. There's been a number of tree diseases, such as Dutch elm disease, ash dieback, and the one the Minister pronounced earlier, which I'm not going to take on. Does the Minister accept that mixed forests provide some protection against tree diseases, and that such mixed forests should include broadleaved trees? Does the Minister accept that we need annual regional forestry targets? We tend to have long-term targets, but the long term, as people involved in financial planning will tell you, is made up of a lot of short terms. So, if you want to do something in the long term, you have to successfully deal with a number of short terms to get there. Finally, something I've never understood, and it used to exist under the old county plan where land was identified for a whole range of uses: why cannot local development plans identify land for forestry in such a way that people know that that land is suitable?
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu datganiad y Llywodraeth. Dim ond methu deall yr wyf i pam nad yw pawb arall yn credu ym mhwysigrwydd coedwigoedd, oherwydd fy mod i'n credu mewn gwirionedd eu bod un o'r pethau pwysicaf sydd gennym ni. Nid wyf yn credu y gallwch chi mewn gwirionedd gael gormod o goed, ac mae hi wastad yn ofid imi pan welaf nifer o goed yn cael eu torri. Yn etholaeth Rebecca Evans, mae cochwydd anferthol wedi ei thorri ym Mhenlle'r-gaer. Mae hynny'n fater o bwys aruthrol yn lleol, ac mae hefyd yn fater o bryder - nifer y coed yn yr ardal honno sy'n cael eu torri. Felly, rwy'n credu bod gwir angen inni warchod coed yn fwy nag yr ydym ni'n ei wneud yn awr. Mae gorchmynion cadw coed yn dda iawn. Maen nhw'n rhoi mwy o argraff o amddiffyniad nag amddiffyniad gwirioneddol, ond pan fo rhywun wedi cael damwain, ac maen nhw wedi taro coeden i lawr, ni allwch chi ddadwneud y ddamwain. Fe ddywedaf i wrthych chi hyn, os oes dau beth y gwn i amdanynt: bod adeiladau rhestredig gradd II yn mynd ar dân yn ddigymell, a bod pobl sy'n gyrru o amgylch coed yn cael damweiniau yn eithaf rheolaidd, gan daro coed i lawr sydd â gorchmynion cadw coed arnynt. Rwy'n gweld y ddwy ffaith yma'n anhygoel, a rhaid mai serendipedd sy'n eu hachosi. A gaf i groesawu'r Cynllun Cydweithio i Gynllunio Coedwigoedd, yn benodol i bobl a chwmnïau cydweithredol gydweithio a chynllunio creu coetiroedd ar raddfa sylweddol a strategol? Rwy'n cefnogi plannu coedwigoedd cymysg yn hytrach nag un cnwd o goed conwydd. Bu nifer o glefydau coed fel clefyd llwyfen yr Iseldiroedd, coed ynn yn marw, a'r un y crybwyllodd y Gweinidog yn gynharach, nad wyf i am geisio ei ynganu. A yw'r Gweinidog yn derbyn bod coedwigoedd cymysg yn darparu rhywfaint o ddiogelwch rhag clefydau coed, ac y dylai coedwigoedd cymysg o'r fath gynnwys coed llydanddail? A yw'r Gweinidog yn derbyn fod angen inni gael targedau rhanbarthol blynyddol o ran coedwigaeth? Rydym yn tueddu i fod â thargedau tymor hir, ond mae'r tymor hir, fel y bydd pobl sy'n ymwneud â chynllunio ariannol yn dweud wrthych chi, yn cynnwys llawer o dymhorau byr. Felly, os ydych chi eisiau gwneud rhywbeth yn y tymor hir, rhaid ichi ymdrin yn llwyddiannus â nifer o dymhorau byr i gyflawni hynny. Yn olaf, rhywbeth nad wyf i erioed wedi ei ddeall, ac fe arferai fodoli o dan yr hen gynllun sirol pan nodwyd tir ar gyfer amrywiaeth eang o ddefnyddiau: pam na all cynlluniau datblygu lleol nodi tir ar gyfer coedwigaeth yn y fath fodd fel bod pobl yn gwybod bod y tir hwnnw'n addas?