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English: Thank you, Presiding Officer. First Minister, the Circuit of Wales offers a huge potential to regenerate a very poor part of Wales, and offer opportunities, both in regeneration terms and job prospects for the Blaenau Gwent and south Wales area - in fact, the whole of Wales - transforming its image into being a high-value destination for tourists and the engineering industry. But, sadly, the Heads of the Valleys company that is promoting this project has been suffering really bad headlines of late, and there's been a slow, slow drip effect - [Interruption.] There's been a slow, slow drip effect of evidence to point that they really aren't the best partners to actually deliver this project. Do you have confidence in the leadership of the company to deliver the Circuit of Wales project?
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Lywydd. Brif Weinidog, mae Cylchffordd Cymru yn cynnig potensial enfawr i adfywio rhan dlawd iawn o Gymru, ac yn cynnig cyfleoedd, o ran adfywio a gobaith am swyddi i ardal Blaenau Gwent a de Cymru - i Gymru gyfan a dweud y gwir - weddnewid ei delwedd i fod yn gyrchfan gwerth uchel i dwristiaid a'r diwydiant peirianneg. Ond, yn anffodus, mae'r cwmni Blaenau'r Cymoedd sy'n hyrwyddo'r prosiect hwn wedi bod yn dioddef penawdau gwael iawn yn ddiweddar, a bu effaith ddiferu araf iawn - [Torri ar draws.] Bu effaith ddiferu araf iawn o dystiolaeth i ddangos nad y rhain yw'r partneriaid gorau i gyflawni'r prosiect hwn mewn gwirionedd. A oes gennych chi ffydd yn arweinyddiaeth y cwmni i gyflawni prosiect Cylchffordd Cymru?
English: I have to say to the leader of the Welsh Conservatives that it's a member of his party that has provided that drip, drip of criticism - not him, I accept, but certainly a member of his party. Do we have confidence in the company? That's a matter for them, of course. We have to make sure that we are prudent in terms of public money being made accessible, and we've done just that, to make sure that any project is only financed if there's a fair division of risk between the private and public sectors, and that is not the situation here.
Welsh: Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud wrth arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig mai aelod o'i blaid ef sydd wedi diferu'r feirniadaeth honno - nid fe, rwy'n derbyn, ond aelod o'i blaid yn sicr. A oes gennym ni ffydd yn y cwmni? Mater iddyn nhw yw hynny, wrth gwrs. Mae'n rhaid i ni wneud yn siŵr ein bod ni'n ddarbodus o ran arian cyhoeddus yn cael ei roi ar gael, ac rydym ni wedi gwneud yn union hynny, er mwyn sicrhau bod unrhyw brosiect yn cael ei ariannu dim ond os oes ymraniad teg o risg rhwng y sectorau preifat a chyhoeddus, ac nid dyna'r sefyllfa yma.
English: First Minister, I noticed you didn't say you had confidence. You talked at length that there is potential within the project, but freedom of information requests from your Government, which I hope you're aware of, from the director general of the department for the economy, James Price, clearly show that civil servants raised concerns with Ministers over the plans for the Heads of the Valleys Development Company, owned by Michael Carrick, to pay Aventa Capital Partners Ltd - 100 per cent owned by Michael Carrick - almost £1 million in consultancy fees, effectively paying themselves to advise themselves. Now, that clearly cannot be right especially if there hasn't been a robust tendering process, and, indeed, when the civil servants themselves, the director general, is offering such advice to Ministers. Why would Ministers go against that advice and approve such a transaction?
Welsh: Brif Weinidog, rwy'n sylwi na wnaethoch chi ddweud bod gennych chi ffydd Soniasoch yn faith bod potensial o fewn y prosiect, ond mae ceisiadau rhyddid gwybodaeth gan eich Llywodraeth, yr wyf yn gobeithio eich bod yn ymwybodol ohonynt, gan gyfarwyddwr cyffredinol adran yr economi, James Price, yn dangos yn eglur bod gweision sifil wedi codi pryderon gyda Gweinidogion ynghylch y cynlluniau i Gwmni Datblygu Blaenau'r Cymoedd, sy'n eiddo i Michael Carrick, dalu bron i £1 filiwn mewn ffioedd ymgynghori i Aventa Capital Partners Ltd - sy'n eiddo 100 y cant i Michael Carrick - gan dalu eu hunain i gynghori eu hunain, i bob pwrpas. Nawr, does bosib y gall hynny fod yn iawn, yn enwedig os na fu proses dendro gadarn, ac, yn wir, pan fo'r gweision sifil eu hunain, y cyfarwyddwr cyffredinol, yn cynnig cyngor o'r fath i Weinidogion. Pam y byddai Gweinidogion yn mynd yn groes i'r cyngor hwnnw a chymeradwyo trafodiad o'r fath?
English: Well, that's a matter for the Minister who was in place at that time, who is no longer a Member of this Assembly. What I can say, as far as this Government is concerned, is that we will seek to ensure, as she did, that there is prudence in terms of money that's accessed from the public purse. And that's why, despite criticism from his party and others in this Chamber, we didn't release the money for the project to proceed some months ago, on the basis that we were not convinced that the project was robust enough in terms of the sharing of risk for the project to proceed with public money.
Welsh: Wel, mater i'r Gweinidog a oedd yn y swydd ar y pryd yw hwnnw, nad yw'n Aelod o'r Cynulliad hwn mwyach. Yr hyn y gallaf ei ddweud, cyn belled ag y mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn y cwestiwn, yw y byddwn yn ceisio sicrhau, fel y gwnaeth hi, ein bod yn gweithredu'n ddoeth o ran arian sy'n deillio o'r pwrs cyhoeddus. A dyna pam, er gwaethaf beirniadaeth gan ei blaid ef ac eraill yn y Siambr hon, na ryddhawyd yr arian gennym i'r prosiect fynd yn ei flaen ychydig fisoedd yn ôl, ar y sail nad oeddem yn argyhoeddedig bod y prosiect yn ddigon cadarn o ran rhannu risg i'r prosiect fynd yn ei flaen gydag arian cyhoeddus.
English: He can't have his cake and eat it. He can't say, on the one hand, 'This is a good project' and on the other hand say, 'Well, this project shouldn't have been financed in its initial stages.' If he's suggesting that, in some way, it was possible for the company to sponsor events in order to get the decision they wanted - well, they didn't, did they? The whole point was that if it was the case that somehow influence could be bought, they would have had the funding for the Circuit of Wales by now, but that's not the situation that occurred. We took the decision that we wished to - . I mean, he talks about £9 million. If he could only see the money that's wasted by his Government in Westminster. The amount of money that's hosed away - hosed away - on NHS reorganisations that don't happen, hosed away on rail privatisation - we could go on. The reality is that we as a Government took the view that initial finance - [Interruption.] If he listened, he'd learn. As a Government we will provide amounts of money for businesses in order to take them to the next stage of business development and a project in terms of development. But there comes a point when it's absolutely right to say to any business, 'We will not finance the project unless you find enough private backing that will take the project ahead without there being 100 per cent guarantee from the public sector.' That is something that we were not prepared to do and that represents value for money for the taxpayer.
Welsh: Ni all ei chael hi'r ddwy ffordd. Ni all ddweud, ar y naill law, 'Mae hwn yn brosiect da' ac ar y llaw arall dweud, 'Wel, ni ddylai'r prosiect hwn fod wedi cael ei ariannu yn ei gamau cychwynnol.' Os yw'n awgrymu, mewn rhyw ffordd, ei bod yn bosibl i'r cwmni noddi digwyddiadau er mwyn cael y penderfyniad yr oedd ei eisiau - wel, ni wnaethant, naddo? Yr holl bwynt oedd pe byddai'n wir y gellid prynu dylanwad rywsut, y bydden nhw wedi cael y cyllid ar gyfer Cylchffordd Cymru erbyn hyn, ond nid dyna'r sefyllfa a ddigwyddodd. Gwnaethom y penderfyniad ein bod ni'n dymuno - . Hynny yw, mae'n sôn am £9 miliwn. Pe byddai ond yn gallu gweld yr arian sy'n cael ei wastraffu gan ei Lywodraeth ef yn San Steffan. Y swm o arian sy'n cael ei dywallt i ffwrdd - ei dywallt i ffwrdd - ar ad-drefniadau'r GIG nad ydynt yn digwydd, yn cael ei dywallt i ffwrdd ar breifateiddio rheilffyrdd - gallem ni barhau. Y gwir amdani yw ein bod ni fel Llywodraeth wedi cymryd y farn bod cyllid cychwynnol - [Torri ar draws.] Pe byddai'n gwrando, byddai'n dysgu. Fel Llywodraeth, byddwn yn darparu symiau o arian i fusnesau er mwyn mynd â nhw i'r cam nesaf o ran datblygu busnes a phrosiect o ran datblygu. Ond daw adeg pan mae'n hollol iawn i ddweud wrth unrhyw fusnes, "Ni fyddwn yn ariannu'r prosiect oni bai eich bod chi'n dod o hyd i ddigon o gefnogaeth breifat a fydd yn bwrw'r prosiect yn ei flaen heb warant 100 y cant gan y sector cyhoeddus. ' Mae hynny'n rhywbeth nad oeddem yn barod i'w wneud ac mae hynny'n cynrychioli gwerth am arian i'r trethdalwr.
English: This is a matter of concern. It's been raised by Members. The concern is, of course, that it will reduce consumer choice. It will see increased prices, and this is something that, to my mind, would not be acceptable for the people of Wales. I do not believe that that people would accept higher prices for their water when they can see the reservoirs in their locality that provide that water.
Welsh: Mae hyn yn destun pryder. Fe'i codwyd gan Aelodau. Y pryder yw, wrth gwrs, y bydd yn lleihau dewis i ddefnyddwyr. Bydd yn arwain at brisiau uwch, ac mae hyn yn rhywbeth, yn fy marn i, na fyddai'n dderbyniol i bobl Cymru. Nid wyf yn credu y byddai pobl yn derbyn prisiau uwch am eu dŵr pan maen nhw'n gallu gweld y cronfeydd dŵr yn eu hardal sy'n darparu'r dŵr hwnnw.
English: Thank you for that answer, First Minister. There are fears that the company's strong Welsh identity and interest in this country could be lost with this takeover. Dee Valley Water works with 80 local suppliers, and there are real concerns amongst the workforce about job security. The fear is that centralisation will lead to fewer local jobs. Can you tell us, First Minister, what contact you've had with the parties involved?
Welsh: Diolch i chi am yr ateb yna, Brif Weinidog. Ceir pryderon y gallai hunaniaeth Gymreig gref y cwmni a'i ddiddordeb yn y wlad hon gael eu colli ar ôl iddo gael ei gymryd drosodd. Mae Dŵr Dyffryn Dyfrdwy yn gweithio gydag 80 o gyflenwyr lleol, a cheir pryderon gwirioneddol ymhlith y gweithlu am ddiogelwch swyddi. Y pryder yw y bydd canoli yn arwain at lai o swyddi lleol. A allwch chi ddweud wrthym, Brif Weinidog, pa gysylltiad ydych chi wedi ei gael â'r partïon dan sylw?
English: I know that the Minister is looking at this very carefully. She has received representations, I know, from constituency members and concern will be expressed from us as a Government along the lines that I've just mentioned.
Welsh: Gwn fod y Gweinidog yn edrych ar hyn yn ofalus iawn. Mae hi wedi derbyn sylwadau, rwy'n gwybod, gan aelodau etholaethol a bydd pryder yn cael ei fynegi gennym ni fel Llywodraeth ar y sail yr wyf newydd ei chrybwyll.
English: First Minister, I'm surprised that you can't even tell me that you've written a few letters about this, given the concerns. Perhaps today's question will push you into some kind of action. This proposed takeover raises serious questions about the future of our natural resources. Those resources should be benefiting the people in this country, but they are being bought and sold as we speak. Has the First Minister considered what impact this takeover bid could have on the water industry in Wales, bearing in mind that the competitive model being pushed in England has been rejected here? And will you join me in making an absolutely clear statement today that Welsh water services should be run from Wales, and not from Coventry for a bunch of multinational shareholders?
Welsh: Brif Weinidog, rwy'n synnu na allwch chi hyd yn oed ddweud wrthyf eich bod wedi ysgrifennu llythyr neu ddau am hyn, o ystyried y pryderon. Efallai y bydd cwestiwn heddiw yn eich gwthio i weithredu mewn rhyw ffordd. Mae'r achos arfaethedig hwn o gymryd cwmni drosodd yn codi cwestiynau difrifol am ddyfodol ein hadnoddau naturiol. Dylai'r adnoddau hynny fod o fudd i'r bobl yn y wlad hon, ond maen nhw'n cael eu prynu a'u gwerthu wrth i ni siarad. A yw'r Prif Weinidog wedi ystyried pa effaith y gallai'r cais hwn i gymryd cwmni drosodd ei chael ar y diwydiant dŵr yng Nghymru, o gofio bod y model cystadleuol sy'n cael ei wthio yn Lloegr wedi ei wrthod yma? Ac a wnewch chi ymuno â mi i wneud datganiad cwbl eglur heddiw y dylai gwasanaethau dŵr Cymru gael eu rhedeg o Gymru, ac nid o Coventry ar ran criw o gyfranddalwyr amlwladol?
English: We've been absolutely clear that we want to see powers over water devolved. That has been conceded by the UK Government. It was always a matter of great regret - and that's probably saying it mildly - to me that the people of Wales did not have control over one of their major natural resources. That will change in 2018. I very much welcome that. That will give us the opportunity to look at how that resource can be developed as far as the people of Wales are concerned. But until that concession was made by the UK Government, we were still in a position where we did not have control over our water. That I welcome, and that gives us the opportunity to avoid situations like this occurring in the future.
Welsh: Rydym ni wedi bod yn gwbl eglur ein bod ni eisiau gweld pwerau dros ddŵr yn cael eu datganoli. Ildiwyd hynny gan Lywodraeth y DU. Roedd bob amser yn destun edifeirwch mawr i mi - ac mae hynny a dweud y lleiaf mae'n debyg - nad oedd gan bobl Cymru reolaeth dros un o'u prif hadnoddau naturiol. Bydd hynny'n newid yn 2018. Rwy'n croesawu hynny'n fawr. Bydd hynny'n rhoi'r cyfle i ni edrych ar sut y gellir datblygu'r adnodd hwnnw cyn belled ag y mae pobl Cymru yn y cwestiwn. Ond tan i'r consesiwn hwnnw gael ei wneud gan Lywodraeth y DU, roeddem ni'n dal i fod mewn sefyllfa lle nad oedd gennym ni reolaeth dros ein dŵr. Rwy'n croesawu hynny, ac mae'n rhoi'r cyfle i ni osgoi sefyllfaoedd fel hyn rhag digwydd yn y dyfodol.
English: Diolch, Lywydd. In his evidence to the Assembly's Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister last week, the First Minister asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to do something about energy prices in the autumn statement in order to help the steel industry in Wales, something which I wholly support him in. He pointed out that energy prices in Britain are 46 per cent higher than in some other places in Europe. Does he not agree that one of the principal reasons for that is the Climate Change Act 2008, passed by the then Labour Government, which has committed Britain uniquely in the world to a legally binding obligation of cutting carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, and as a result of which we are actually placing a millstone around the necks of people like British steelmakers, who are placed at a competitive disadvantage with countries like Germany?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Yn ei dystiolaeth i Bwyllgor Craffu ar Waith y Prif Weinidog y Cynulliad yr wythnos diwethaf, gofynnodd y Prif Weinidog i Ganghellor y Trysorlys wneud rhywbeth ynghylch prisiau ynni yn natganiad yr hydref er mwyn helpu'r diwydiant dur yng Nghymru, rhywbeth yr wyf yn ei gefnogi'n llwyr yn ei gylch. Nododd fod prisiau ynni ym Mhrydain 46 y cant yn uwch nag mewn rhai mannau eraill yn Ewrop. Onid yw'n cytuno mai un o'r prif resymau am hynny yw Ddeddf Newid yn yr Hinsawdd 2008, a basiwyd gan y Llywodraeth Lafur ar y pryd, sydd wedi ymrwymo Prydain yn unigryw yn y byd i rwymedigaeth gyfreithiol o dorri allyriadau carbon gan 80 y cant erbyn 2050, ac o ganlyniad i hynny yr ydym ni'n rhoi maen o amgylch gyddfau pobl fel cynhyrchwyr dur Prydain, sy'n cael eu rhoi dan anfantais gystadleuol gyda gwledydd fel yr Almaen?
English: No. The issues is this: energy prices in Germany, for example, are around 20 per cent cheaper; in Spain, they're 37 per cent cheaper. It's nothing to do with renewables, because the amount of renewables that feed into their national grids is roughly the same in percentage terms as ours, if not more. It's simply to do with the obscurity of the market within Great Britain and the fact that discounts are not available for energy-intensive industries. We have to look at nuclear, yes, but we also have to look at harnessing the power of the tide that sits not far from this building, and will always be there, rather than rely on imported coal, which I know is something that he has suggested in weeks gone by.
Welsh: Nac ydw. Y broblem yw hyn: mae prisiau ynni yn yr Almaen, er enghraifft, tua 20 y cant yn rhatach; yn Sbaen, maen nhw 37 y cant yn rhatach. Nid yw'n ddim i'w wneud ag ynni adnewyddadwy, gan fod faint o ynni adnewyddadwy sy'n bwydo i mewn i'w gridiau cenedlaethol fwy neu lai yr un fath â'n grid ni o ran canran, os nad yn fwy. Mae'n ymwneud yn syml ag aneglurder y farchnad ym Mhrydain Fawr a'r ffaith nad oes gostyngiadau ar gael i ddiwydiannau ynni-ddwys. Mae'n rhaid i ni edrych ar niwclear, oes, ond mae'n rhaid i ni hefyd edrych ar harneisio pŵer y llanw nad yw nepell o'r adeilad hwn, ac a fydd yno am byth, yn hytrach na dibynnu ar lo wedi'i fewnforio, y gwn sy'n rhywbeth y mae ef wedi ei awgrymu yn yr wythnosau diwethaf.
English: But Germany has been opening new coal-fired power stations; in fact, 11 GW of capacity in the last five years, which is equivalent to 15 per cent of the entire electricity output of Germany. Sigmar Gabriel, who is the Vice-chancellor of Germany and is the chairman of the German social democratic party, and is their energy Minister, has said that Germany will not be phasing out brown coal-fired power stations before 2040, as the Government looks for ways to ensure minimisation of job losses in coal regions. So, the German Government is doing what it can to minimise job losses in its coal regions at the expense of British steelmakers.
Welsh: Ond mae'r Almaen wedi bod yn agor gorsafoedd ynni glo newydd; a dweud y gwir, 11 GW o gapasiti yn y pum mlynedd diwethaf, sy'n cyfateb i 15 y cant o holl allbwn trydan yr Almaen. Mae Sigmar Gabriel, sef Is-ganghellor yr Almaen a chadeirydd plaid democrataidd cymdeithasol yr Almaen, a'u Gweinidog ynni, wedi dweud na fydd yr Almaen yn dechrau cael gwared ar orsafoedd ynni glo brown cyn 2040, wrth i'r Llywodraeth chwilio am ffyrdd o sicrhau bod cyn lleied o swyddi â phosibl yn cael eu colli mewn rhanbarthau glo. Felly, mae Llywodraeth yr Almaen yn gwneud yr hyn y mae'n gallu ei wneud i sicrhau cyn lleied o golledion swyddi â phosibl yn ei rhanbarthau glo ar draul cynhyrchwyr dur Prydain.
English: I'm going to pause for a second at the irony of that, and at the fact that in the 1980s - again he returns to this point -
Welsh: Rwyf am oedi am eiliad at eironi hynna, a'r ffaith yn y 1980au - unwaith eto mae'n dychwelyd at y pwynt hwn -
English: Oh, here we go again.
Welsh: O, dyma ni'n mynd eto.
English: [Continues.] - he sat there while thousands upon thousands - 30,000 jobs - were lost in the mining industry in Wales. And now he is saying that we're not doing enough to protect coal jobs. The reality is that if we were to have more coal-fired power stations, we would have to import the coal. Germany is in a difficult position because it relies heavily on Russia for the gas that it has to import, and given the current state of world affairs, that is an uncomfortable situation for Germany to be in. I do not think, in terms of energy security for Britain, that importing more of our energy in the form of coal is the way forward.
Welsh: [Yn parhau.] - eisteddodd yno tra bod miloedd ar filoedd - 30,000 o swyddi - yn cael eu colli yn y diwydiant glo yng Nghymru. A nawr mae'n dweud nad ydym ni'n gwneud digon i ddiogelu swyddi glo. Y gwir yw, pe byddai gennym ni fwy o orsafoedd ynni glo, byddai'n rhaid i ni fewnforio'r glo. Mae'r Almaen mewn sefyllfa anodd gan ei bod yn dibynnu'n helaeth ar Rwsia am y nwy y mae'n rhaid iddi ei fewnforio, ac o ystyried y sefyllfa sydd ohoni yn y byd, mae honno'n sefyllfa anghyfforddus i'r Almaen fod ynddi. Nid wyf yn credu, o ran diogelwch ynni i Brydain, mai mewnforio mwy o'n hynni ar ffurf glo yw'r ffordd ymlaen.
English: We are proposing to close down existing coal-fired capacity in Britain, which is the cheapest form of power generation. That doesn't seem to me to be an economically sensible or commercially sensible thing to do. We have another climate change conference in Marrakech coming up - [Interruption.] - well, it was last week - where a lot of hot air was expended. Developing countries like India and China are not planning to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions at all. In fact, they're increasing their coal-fired generating capacity. China proposes to double its coal-fired capacity within 15 years and India promises to treble its output of carbon dioxide emissions. Isn't Britain, generally, and Wales in particular, placing itself at a vast competitive disadvantage by forcing up energy prices, which are the lifeblood of industries like the steelmakers of Wales?
Welsh: Rydym ni'n cynnig cau'r capasiti ynni glo presennol ym Mhrydain, sef y ffordd rataf o gynhyrchu pŵer. Nid yw'n ymddangos i mi fod hynny'n beth synhwyrol i'w wneud yn economaidd nac yn fasnachol. Mae gennym ni gynhadledd newid hinsawdd arall yn Marrakech ar fin cael ei chynnal - [Torri ar draws.] - wel, yr wythnos diwethaf oedd hi - lle cynhyrchwyd llawer o aer poeth. Nid yw gwledydd datblygol fel India a Tsieina yn bwriadu lleihau eu hallyriadau carbon deuocsid o gwbl. A dweud y gwir, maen nhw'n cynyddu eu gallu cynhyrchu ynni glo. Mae Tsieina yn bwriadu dyblu ei chapasiti ynni glo o fewn 15 mlynedd ac mae India yn addo treblu ei hallbwn o allyriadau carbon deuocsid. Onid yw Prydain, yn gyffredinol, a Chymru yn arbennig, yn rhoi ei hun o dan anfantais gystadleuol enfawr trwy orfodi prisiau ynni i gynyddu, sef anadl einioes diwydiannau fel cynhyrchwyr dur Cymru?
English: There are plenty of other countries that do not rely on coal where energy prices are lower. Spain is one example of that, where coal is not a major factor in terms of energy production. What he's suggesting - . He's wrong about China. China is moving - . Coal is yesterday's technology. Apart from in America, people are not looking to build more and more coal-fired power stations -
Welsh: Ceir digonedd o wledydd eraill nad ydynt yn dibynnu ar lo lle mae prisiau ynni yn is. Mae Sbaen yn un enghraifft o hynny, lle nad yw glo yn ffactor pwysig o ran cynhyrchu ynni. Yr hyn y mae'n ei awgrymu - . Mae'n anghywir am Tsieina. Mae Tsieina yn symud - . Technoleg y gorffennol yw glo. Ar wahân i America, nid yw pobl yn bwriadu adeiladu mwy a mwy o orsafoedd ynni glo -
English: They're building one a week.
Welsh: Maen nhw'n adeiladu un yr wythnos.