English: I welcome the statement and I'm grateful to the Minister for that. People in Blaenau Gwent want a transport system that provides effective connectivity for all of us, connecting us with people, places, services and jobs. We need a vision for public transport that sees transport as a public service and not simply a failing business that puts profit ahead of public need. We saw, Presiding Officer, how Margaret Thatcher destroyed the bus services that we enjoyed across the whole of the Valleys, and then we saw how John Major destroyed the rail network, and we've seen since then how we have not had the investment in rail that we all require. But I would like to see this strategy be one that is rooted in people's experience and people's needs. We need the integration of buses and train services. We need the re-regulation of bus services. We need the Williams review of rail investment across the United Kingdom to lead to the devolution of rail infrastructure investment, to enable this Government to ensure that we're able to invest in the services that meet the needs of the people, and services that are integrated with other public transport options. We need to look into services that serve people in towns. I fear that, all too often, we hear of policy initiatives that work well in cities, but don't deliver for towns. Most people in Wales live in small towns, wherever they may be, whether they're in rural Montgomeryshire, rural Dyfed - perhaps I shouldn't use that term - or the Valleys of south Wales, and it is the towns that will be the acid test for this policy. Can somebody travel from Cwm to Rassau to get to work at 8 o'clock in the morning? Can somebody travel from Sirhowy to the bottom end of town to visit a doctor? How will we visit friends and neighbours who are in the Grange hospital in Cwmbran? These are the tests of a transport strategy, and these are the tests that I will be placing on this transport strategy when it is introduced by the Government. Thank you.
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r datganiad ac rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r Gweinidog am hynny. Mae pobl ym Mlaenau Gwent eisiau system drafnidiaeth sy'n darparu cysylltedd effeithiol i bob un ohonom ni, gan ein cysylltu â phobl, lleoedd, gwasanaethau a swyddi. Mae angen gweledigaeth arnom ni ar gyfer trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus sy'n ystyried trafnidiaeth yn wasanaeth cyhoeddus ac nid fel dim ond busnes methedig sy'n rhoi elw o flaen angen y cyhoedd. Gwelsom, Llywydd, sut y dinistriodd Margaret Thatcher y gwasanaethau bysiau yr oeddem ni'n eu mwynhau ar draws y Cymoedd i gyd, ac yna gwelsom sut y dinistriodd John Major y rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd, ac rydym ni wedi gweld ers hynny sut na chawsom ni y buddsoddiad yn y rheilffyrdd y mae arnom ni i gyd ei angen. Ond hoffwn weld fod y strategaeth hon yn un sydd wedi'i gwreiddio ym mhrofiad pobl ac anghenion pobl. Mae angen i ni gyfuno'r gwasanaethau bysiau a thrên. Mae angen i ni ail-reoleiddio gwasanaethau bysiau. Mae arnom ni angen i adolygiad Williams o fuddsoddi mewn rheilffyrdd ledled y Deyrnas Unedig arwain at ddatganoli'r buddsoddi yn y seilwaith rheilffyrdd, er mwyn galluogi'r Llywodraeth hon i sicrhau y gallwn ni fuddsoddi yn y gwasanaethau sy'n diwallu anghenion y bobl, a gwasanaethau sydd wedi'u cyfuno â dewisiadau eraill o ran trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus. Mae angen inni ymchwilio i wasanaethau sy'n gwasanaethu pobl mewn trefi. Ofnaf ein bod, yn rhy aml o lawer, yn clywed am fentrau polisi sy'n gweithio'n dda mewn dinasoedd, ond nad ydyn nhw'n cyflawni ar gyfer trefi. Mae'r rhan fwyaf o bobl yng Nghymru'n byw mewn trefi bach, ble bynnag y bônt, boed yng nghefn gwlad Sir Drefaldwyn, Dyfed wledig - efallai na ddylwn i ddefnyddio'r term hwnnw - neu Gymoedd y de, a'r trefi fydd y prawf ar gyfer y polisi hwn. A all rhywun deithio o Gwm i Rasa i gyrraedd y gwaith am 8 o'r gloch yn y bore? A all rhywun deithio o Sirhywi i ben isaf y dref i ymweld â meddyg? Sut y byddwn yn ymweld â ffrindiau a chymdogion sydd yn ysbyty'r Grange yng Nghwmbrân? Dyma'r hyn fydd yn profi llwyddiant y strategaeth drafnidiaeth, a dyma sut y byddaf innau'n profi'r strategaeth drafnidiaeth hon pan gaiff ei chyflwyno gan y Llywodraeth. Diolch.