English: I'm grateful to the First Minister for bringing this statement and I agree with some of the comments that have been raised here today, although I would like to say, in relation to the dumping of steel, the UK Government has already previously refused higher measures on the dumping of steel, and so, if we did come out of the European Union, you would expect opposition on that level. So, I can't understand the rationale that is being brought to the debate today in terms of the UK Government somehow being more supportive of putting higher tariffs on Chinese steel. Particularly concerning to me is the precedent the UK Government could be setting with the pension fund, as has been mentioned earlier. The moral hazard argument is one that was well rehearsed with Ministers and their officials while dealing with ASW and Visteon cases, all to no avail - our warnings fell on deaf ears in Whitehall. But, I just wanted to focus briefly on the internal dynamics at Tata as reported by steelworkers to myself. Has the First Minister heard that officials from Tata Europe attended a town hall meeting in Port Talbot in the past fortnight, at which they got up and severely criticised the workforce, causing the trade union delegation to get up and walk out? This seems to be the latest concern surrounding Tata Europe leadership and its conduct before and during this period. You'll know it was largely comprised of the Hoogovens management - the company that was effectively saved from bankruptcy through the Corus merger with British Steel. Since Tata brought Corus, steelworkers say the IJmuiden plant has received the bulk of investment, including the same kind of investment that Plaid Cymru have mooted in relation to a new power plant, predominantly because of the Dutch management and the influence that they have. Is that something that you have heard, First Minister? Also, it's been claimed that Port Talbot's financial position was effectively made to look worse than it was, because the cost of materials bound for both steelmaking sites were booked solely for Port Talbot. So, I heard of one example of a shipment of iron ore that stopped off in Wales first before going to the Netherlands, with the entire cost borne by the Port Talbot site. Is that something that you've heard about, First Minister? Then, of course, my question comes to the order book. As far as we know, this has been centralised in the Netherlands. This is considerably worrying to my constituents who see it as an opportunity for Tata Europe to pick off the best contracts even though, as I hear, they are not capable of fulfilling some of them, leaving Port Talbot and the rest of the UK operation to fail. So, I would like to know whether the Welsh Government has enquired as to the whereabouts of the order book and questioned the rationale for moving it to the Netherlands, and whether efforts have been made by yourself or your officials to repatriate the order book ahead of any potential sale. Do we have reassurances from the company that it is happy to open its books to potential buyers for the diligence phase of any sale? I think these are questions that need answering, for the workforce especially, who have raised those points with me, but also for the wider steel industry here in the UK.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r Prif Weinidog am gyflwyno'r datganiad hwn ac rwy'n cytuno â rhai o'r sylwadau sydd wedi'u crybwyll yma heddiw, er y byddwn yn hoffi dweud, mewn perthynas â dympio dur, mae Llywodraeth y DU eisoes wedi gwrthod mesurau pellach ar ddympio dur o'r blaen, ac felly, pe baem yn gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, byddech yn disgwyl gwrthwynebiad ar y lefel honno. Felly, ni allaf ddeall y rhesymeg yn y ddadl heddiw fod Llywodraeth y DU rywsut yn fwy cefnogol i osod tariffau uwch ar ddur o Tsieina. Yr hyn sy'n peri pryder arbennig i mi yw'r cynsail y gallai Llywodraeth y DU fod yn ei osod gyda'r gronfa bensiwn, fel y crybwyllwyd yn gynharach. Mae'r ddadl ynghylch perygl moesol yn un a ailadroddwyd droeon gyda Gweinidogion a'u swyddogion wrth ymdrin ag achosion ASW a Visteon, a'r cyfan yn ofer - disgynnodd ein rhybuddion ar glustiau byddar yn Whitehall. Ond roeddwn eisiau canolbwyntio'n fyr ar y ddynameg fewnol yn Tata fel y soniodd gweithwyr dur wrthyf amdani. A yw'r Prif Weinidog wedi clywed bod swyddogion o Tata Europe wedi mynychu cyfarfod neuadd y dref ym Mhort Talbot yn y pythefnos diwethaf, lle codasant ar eu traed i feirniadu'r gweithlu'n hallt, gan beri i'r ddirprwyaeth ar ran yr undebau llafur godi a cherdded allan? Mae'n ymddangos mai dyma'r pryder diweddaraf ynghylch arweinyddiaeth Tata Europe a'i hymddygiad cyn ac yn ystod y cyfnod hwn. Fe fyddwch yn gwybod ei bod yn cynnwys rheolwyr Hoogovens yn bennaf - y cwmni a gafodd ei achub i bob pwrpas rhag mynd yn fethdalwr drwy uno Corus a Dur Prydain. Ers i Tata brynu Corus, mae gweithwyr dur yn dweud bod gwaith IJmuiden wedi cael y rhan fwyaf o'r buddsoddiad, gan gynnwys yr un math o fuddsoddiad y mae Plaid Cymru wedi'i grybwyll mewn perthynas â gorsaf ynni newydd, yn bennaf oherwydd y rheolwyr o'r Iseldiroedd a'r dylanwad sydd ganddynt. A yw hynny'n rhywbeth rydych chi wedi'i glywed, Brif Weinidog? Hefyd, honnwyd bod sefyllfa ariannol Port Talbot wedi'i gwneud i edrych yn waeth nag oedd hi i bob pwrpas, gan fod cost deunyddiau ar gyfer y ddau safle gwneud dur wedi'u harchebu ar gyfer Port Talbot yn unig. Felly, clywais am un enghraifft o lwyth o fwyn haearn a arhosodd yng Nghymru yn gyntaf cyn mynd i'r Iseldiroedd, gyda'r gost gyfan yn cael ei thalu gan safle Port Talbot. A yw hynny'n rhywbeth rydych wedi'i glywed, Brif Weinidog? Wedyn, wrth gwrs, daw fy nghwestiwn at y llyfr archebion. Cyn belled ag y gwyddom, mae hwn wedi'i ganoli yn yr Iseldiroedd. Mae hyn yn destun cryn bryder i fy etholwyr sy'n ei weld fel cyfle i Tata Europe ddewis y contractau gorau er nad ydynt, fel rwy'n clywed, yn gallu cyflawni rhai ohonynt, gan adael Port Talbot a gweddill y gweithfeydd yn y DU i fethu. Felly, hoffwn wybod a yw Llywodraeth Cymru wedi holi ble mae'r llyfr archebion ac wedi cwestiynu'r rhesymeg dros ei symud i'r Iseldiroedd, ac a wnaed ymdrechion gennych chi neu eich swyddogion i ddychwelyd y llyfr archebion cyn unrhyw werthiant posibl. A oes gennym sicrwydd gan y cwmni ei fod yn barod i agor ei lyfrau i ddarpar brynwyr ar gyfer cyfnod diwydrwydd dyladwy unrhyw werthiant? Rwy'n meddwl bod y rhain yn gwestiynau sydd angen eu hateb, er mwyn y gweithlu yn arbennig, sydd wedi crybwyll y pwyntiau hyn wrthyf, ond hefyd er mwyn y diwydiant dur ehangach yma yn y DU.