English: I'm very pleased to contribute to this debate and to have been part of bringing together the report as well. We're sometime accused of making policy on the hoof - we actually made policy on the foot, walking the woodlands of Wales, in this regard, and I think we were all better for it. It was a very good demonstration of what forestry can do for Wales - it's good for our health, good for the environment and good for the social and economic opportunities it brings as well. It has real benefits in terms of carbon capture or carbon storage, flood alleviation, reduction of air pollution, particularly in urban areas, and real recreation and health opportunities and for economic growth. This was brought home to me, certainly, in the inquiry, but also in a visit to James Davies Limited in Cenarth, which is a wood-processing sawmill in the Teifi valley, which I was very pleased to revisit, as it happens to be, but they've made a significant investment since I was last there, and to see that this is a really thriving part of rural development in Wales as well. So, there are real opportunities for woodland development in Wales, and, of course, as Natural Resources Wales, which is part of the Welsh Government woodland estate managed by Natural Resources Wales, is 40 per cent of all woodland in Wales, then I think Welsh Government is in a position to show very clear leadership. I want to share David Melding's disappointment regarding the way that committee reports are being replied to by Government increasingly in this 'accept in principle' manner. And on this occasion as a committee we said, 'Well, let's find out what "in principle" means then', and we were told, 'Well, wait and see', in effect. I think we need - . You know, it would be more honest to say, 'We don't accept this recommendation', and then to have a proper debate about those things.
Welsh: Rwy'n falch iawn o gyfrannu at y ddadl hon ac wedi bod yn rhan o'r gwaith o lunio'r adroddiad yn ogystal. Cawn ein cyhuddo weithiau o lunio polisi wrth fynd yn ein blaenau - mewn gwirionedd, yn hyn o beth fe luniasom bolisi ar ein traed, wrth gerdded drwy goetiroedd Cymru, a chredaf mai dyna'r ffordd orau o fod wedi'i wneud. Roedd yn arwydd da iawn o'r hyn y gall coedwigaeth ei wneud i Gymru - mae'n dda i'n hiechyd, yn dda i'r amgylchedd ac yn dda o ran y cyfleoedd cymdeithasol ac economaidd a ddaw yn ei sgil yn ogystal. Mae iddo fanteision go iawn o ran dal a storio carbon, lliniaru llifogydd, lleihau llygredd aer, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd trefol, a chyfleoedd hamdden ac iechyd go iawn ac ar gyfer twf economaidd. Cafodd hyn ei gadarnhau'n bendant yn yr ymchwiliad, ond hefyd mewn ymweliad â James Davies Limited yng Nghenarth, sef melin lifio sy'n prosesu coed yn Nyffryn Teifi, y cefais y pleser o ailymweld â hi, fel mae'n digwydd bod, ond maent wedi gwneud buddsoddiad sylweddol ers i mi fod yno ddiwethaf, a gweld bod hon yn rhan wirioneddol ffyniannus o ddatblygu gwledig yng Nghymru hefyd. Felly, mae yna gyfleoedd go iawn ar gyfer datblygu coetiroedd yng Nghymru, ac wrth gwrs, gan fod Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, sy'n rhan o ystâd coetir Llywodraeth Cymru a reolir gan Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, yn cynnwys 40 y cant o'r holl goetir yng Nghymru, rwy'n meddwl bod Llywodraeth Cymru mewn sefyllfa i ddangos arweiniad clir iawn. Hoffwn rannu siom David Melding ynghylch y ffordd y mae'r Llywodraeth yn ymateb i adroddiadau pwyllgor fwyfwy yn y modd 'derbyn mewn egwyddor' hwn. Ac ar yr achlysur hwn fel pwyllgor fe ddywedasom, 'Wel, gadewch i ni weld beth y mae "mewn egwyddor" yn ei olygu felly', a dywedwyd wrthym, 'Wel, arhoswch i weld', i bob pwrpas. Credaf fod angen inni - . Wyddoch chi, byddai'n fwy gonest dweud, 'Nid ydym yn derbyn yr argymhelliad hwn', a chael dadl iawn am y pethau hynny.