English: There is no change, if truth be told, and that's what I wanted to make clear at the outset. We are working within different policy frameworks within Government, and I should draw your attention to this key document, 'Prosperity for All: the national strategy', and the key function of culture within community development, as it is set out in that document. But I would like to say one thing in terms of my approach as a Minister, and that is that it's not part of the function of a Minister of Government to take too much interest in organisations that are established at arm's length of Government in order to administrate funding, particularly in areas that are sensitive in cultural terms and also in terms of content, such as the arts. Therefore, I look at each of the funding sources that we have, or the way in which we allocate funding, to operate independently from me, as Minister, and independent of any prejudice as they allocate funding within their own areas. That includes all of the major organisations - Sport Wales, the Arts Council for Wales, and our national institutions too: the botanic garden, the museums and galleries, the library and the Millennium Centre, as it's known at the moment at least, and that, in my view, is a national arts centre for Wales and should be considered in those terms. So, that's my approach to my responsibilities and I warmly welcome the fact that this committee and the Public Accounts Committee are taking an interest in asking questions on the budgets of the organisations that we fund directly. That's a contribution to the debate that we need to have about the development of priorities. But at the moment, I am picking up on the priorities as they were held by my Cabinet Secretary colleague Ken Skates, when he was responsible for this entire portfolio.
Welsh: Nid oes yna newid, a dweud y gwir, a dyna yr oeddwn i eisiau ei wneud yn glir ar y dechrau. Rydym yn gweithio o fewn gwahanol fframweithiau polisi y Llywodraeth, ac mi fydd yn rhaid imi dynnu'ch sylw chi at y ddogfen allweddol, sef 'Ffyniant i Bawb: y strategaeth genedlaethol', a swyddogaeth allweddol diwylliant o fewn datblygu cymunedau, fel y mae wedi'i osod yn y fan honno. Fe garwn i ddweud un peth: fy agwedd i, fel Gweinidog, ydy nad ydy o'n rhan o swyddogaeth Gweinidog Llywodraeth i fusnesa'n ormodol yn uniongyrchol mewn cyrff sydd wedi'u sefydlu, hyd braich, gan y Llywodraeth er mwyn gweinyddu cyllid, yn enwedig mewn meysydd sydd yn sensitif yn ddiwylliannol, a hefyd o ran cynnwys, megis y celfyddydau. Felly, rydw i'n edrych ar bob un o'r ffynonellau cyllid sydd gyda ni, neu'r ffordd rydym ni'n dosbarthu cyllid, i weithredu'n annibynnol oddi arnaf i, fel Gweinidog, ac yn annibynnol oddi ar unrhyw ragfarn wrth iddyn nhw ddyrannu cyllid yn eu priod feysydd. Mae hynny'n cynnwys, wrth gwrs, y cyrff mawr i gyd - y cyngor chwaraeon, yn ogystal â Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru ac, wrth gwrs, y sefydliadau cenedlaethol: yr ardd fotaneg, yr amgueddfeydd a'r orielau, y llyfrgell a Chanolfan y Mileniwm, fel y'i gelwir ar hyn o bryd o leiaf, ac y mae honno, yn fy marn i, yn ganolfan gelf genedlaethol, ac i'w hystyried felly. So, felly rydw i'n edrych ar y cyfrifoldeb ac rydw i'n croesawu'n fawr fod y pwyllgor yma a'r Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus yn cymryd diddordeb mewn holi ar gyllideb y cyrff yr ydym ni'n eu cyllido yn uniongyrchol. Mae hynny'n gyfraniad, wedyn, i'r drafodaeth y mae'n rhaid inni ei chael ynglŷn â datblygu blaenoriaethau. Ond ar hyn o bryd, rydw i'n pigo i fyny'r blaenoriaethau fel yr oedden nhw gan fy Ngweinidog Cabinet, Ken Skates, pan oedd o'n gyfrifol am y portffolio cyfan.