English: I thank Llyr Gruffydd for those important questions, and I'll begin by referencing the agreement that we have with Plaid Cymru in our co-operation agreement, which is to explore how to set those meaningful targets to increase the Welsh public sector procurement from its current level. As a first step, we will carry out a detailed analysis of the public sector supply chains and promote the purchasing of made-in-Wales products and services, and that's going to be an important piece of work. But, actually, we understand at the moment that the percentage of Welsh procurement spend is around 52 per cent. Well, that's the figure that we're able to publicly share. However, we don't consider that to be an accurate representation of the amount of procurement spend that goes into Welsh companies. Obviously, there are a number of reasons for that, one of which being it's based on the postcode of the invoice address for the suppliers being in Wales, and, obviously, there are several limitations to that approach, because it doesn't take into account the supply chain that sits underneath the prime contractor. At the moment, we're not able to do a more detailed analysis of the supply chain because we don't collect the data to enable this. But during the last year, we've undertaken a discovery exercise to help us improve our digital procurement systems, and that's to get them ready now to support our procurement reform and, in particular, transparency and other important drivers, such as the social partnership Bill. So, as part of that work, we're working on the implementation of the open contract data standard, and that will improve the transparency throughout the procurement cycle, and then the aim is for that then to give us a level of data that we need to get a much more clear picture of the spend that is staying in Wales. And we do have a member of our procurement team undertaking an assignment as part of their Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply qualification to look at spend specifically in Wales. So, as we move forward jointly with Plaid Cymru on this particular piece of work, I know that we will be getting better-quality data to support that work, which I think is important for us to really understand the difference our decisions will be making as we move forward together on that. Llyr Gruffydd asked about the capability and capacity of the sector. I know that there are many excellent people working in the sector, going out of their way to try and get good value for public money, and doing more now in the space of getting that social value. As the profession does seek to navigate that increasingly complex landscape, we do need to be investing further in capability and capacity, and that's one of the reasons why we've introduced a programme whereby we're funding 50 individuals from across the Welsh public sector to undertake the practitioner and the advanced practitioner programmes of the CIPS corporate award. All of those individuals have committed to remain in the Welsh public sector for the long term, and I think that that's really important, because often we train up people who leave then to work elsewhere, and take all of that knowledge with them. And we've also got four students who are now in their penultimate year of their logistics supply chain and procurement qualification at the University of South Wales, and they're being offered one-year placements in procurement departments across Wales, including in Welsh Government. Again, that's with the aim of keeping those talented people here in Wales and here in the Welsh public sector. So, there's a lot going on in the field of capability and capacity, including preparing a suite of core commercial e-learning modules, which will be important, as are the early discussions that we're having around exploring options to establish a national procurement apprenticeship programme, which will be quite exciting, and the possibility of a procurement mentoring programme for Wales as well. So, again, lots happening in that particular space. Then there was a question about what are the fundamental principles underpinning all of this, what we really want to achieve through procurement. Well, in March 2021 I published the revised Wales procurement policy statement, and that sets out the strategic vision for public sector procurement in Wales, and that was written in partnership with our stakeholders. It aims, really, to help us define our progress against the well-being goals that we are pursuing for future generations, and it has the future generations Act at its heart. The key to its delivery, really, will be in collaborative working, and we aim to refresh and review that statement regularly with partners, to ensure that it is a true reflection of how we are moving towards that shared ambition for public procurement in Wales. Welsh Government has published an action plan to underpin delivery against the statement's principles, and that's published on our website. We're now encouraging buying organisations, either individually or in a collaborative way, to also publish action plans of their own. And then finally on this, the proposed social partnership and public procurement (Wales) Bill's statutory guidance will take into account that the Wales procurement policy statement and the associated action plans place contracting authorities under a duty to deliver socially responsible outcomes through procurement that places fair work and social value at the centre, rather than being focused on financial savings. Areas in which we're keen to look particularly - so, Llyr Gruffydd mentioned steel and food; I'm also very keen to do more work on timber, and this is something that we're looking at across Government. And also we're doing a wider piece of work looking at those supply chain voids that I referred to in response to Peter Fox, so we can identify those opportunities to grow Welsh businesses to fill those gaps. Then, in terms of the legislative reform, I know we have principled fundamental disagreement on that, but we have had written assurances from the UK Government in this respect. Also, we're exploring which parts of the UK Bill we want to carve out Welsh Ministers from, so work is going on in that space as well. But I do know that officials are meeting very, very regularly with UK Government on this, and are interrogating the detail very, very carefully.
Welsh: Diolch i Llŷr Gruffydd am y cwestiynau pwysig yna, ac rwyf i am ddechrau trwy gyfeirio at y cytundeb sydd gennym ni gyda Phlaid Cymru yn ein cytundeb cydweithredu ni, sef i archwilio sut i bennu nodau ystyrlon o ran cynyddu caffael sector cyhoeddus Cymru o'i faint ar hyn o bryd. Yn gam cyntaf, fe fyddwn ni'n cynnal dadansoddiad manwl o gadwyni cyflenwi'r sector cyhoeddus ac yn hybu prynu cynnyrch a gwasanaethau a wnaed yng Nghymru, ac fe fydd hwnnw'n waith pwysig. Ond, mewn gwirionedd, rydym ni'n deall ar hyn o bryd fod canran y gwariant ar gaffael yng Nghymru ar tua 52 y cant. Wel, dyna'r ffigwr y gallwn ni ei rannu yn gyhoeddus. Eto i gyd, nid ydym ni o'r farn fod honno'n gynrychiolaeth gywir o faint y gwariant caffael a aiff i gwmnïau yng Nghymru. Yn amlwg, mae yna nifer o resymau am hynny, ac mae un ohonyn nhw ar sail cod post cyfeiriad yr anfoneb ar gyfer y cyflenwyr yng Nghymru, ac, yn amlwg, mae sawl cyfyngiad ar y dull hwnnw, oherwydd nid yw'n ystyried y gadwyn gyflenwi sy'n cynnal y prif gontractwr. Ar hyn o bryd, ni allwn ni wneud dadansoddiad manylach o'r gadwyn gyflenwi gan nad ydym ni'n casglu'r data i ganiatáu hynny. Ond yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, rydym ni wedi cynnal ymarfer darganfod i'n helpu ni i wella ein systemau digidol ar gyfer caffael, hynny yw, eu paratoi nhw i gefnogi ein diwygiadau caffael ni nawr ac, yn benodol, i annog tryloywder ac ysgogiadau pwysig eraill, fel y Bil partneriaeth gymdeithasol. Felly, yn rhan o'r gwaith hwnnw, rydym ni'n gweithio ar weithredu safon data'r contract agored, ac fe fydd hynny'n gwella tryloywder drwy gydol y cylch caffael, a'r nod wedyn yw i hwnnw roi cyfradd o ddata er mwyn i ni gael darlun llawer mwy eglur o'r gwariant sy'n aros yng Nghymru. Ac mae gennym ni aelod o'n tîm caffael sy'n ymgymryd ag aseiniad yn rhan o'u cymhwyster Sefydliad Siartredig Caffael a Chyflenwi ar gyfer edrych yn benodol ar wariant yng Nghymru. Felly, wrth i ni symud ymlaen ar y cyd â Phlaid Cymru ar y darn arbennig hwn o waith, fe wn i y byddwn ni'n cael data o ansawdd gwell i gefnogi'r gwaith hwnnw, sy'n bwysig iawn wrth i ni ddeall y gwahaniaeth y bydd ein penderfyniadau ni'n ei wneud wrth i ni symud ymlaen gyda'n gilydd yn hynny o beth. Fe ofynnodd Llŷr Gruffydd am allu a chapasiti'r sector. Fe wn i fod llawer o bobl ardderchog yn gweithio yn y sector, sy'n mynd o'u ffordd i geisio cael gwerth da am arian cyhoeddus, ac sy'n gwneud mwy nawr o ran cael y gwerth cymdeithasol hwnnw. Wrth i'r proffesiwn geisio llywio'r tirlun hwnnw sy'n gynyddol gymhleth, mae angen i ni fod yn buddsoddi ymhellach mewn gallu a chapasiti, a dyna un o'r rhesymau pam rydym ni wedi cyflwyno rhaglen i ariannu 50 o unigolion o bob rhan o'r sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru i ymgymryd â rhaglenni gwobr gorfforaethol y Sefydliad Siartredig Prynu a Chyflenwi ar gyfer ymarferwyr ac ymarferwyr uwch. Mae pob un o'r unigolion hynny wedi ymrwymo i aros yn y sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru yn yr hirdymor, ac rwyf i o'r farn fod hynny'n bwysig iawn, oherwydd rydym ni'n aml yn hyfforddi pobl sy'n gadael wedyn i weithio mewn mannau eraill, ac yn mynd â'r cyfarwyddyd hwnnw i gyd gyda nhw. Ac mae gennym ni bedwar myfyriwr hefyd sydd ar eu blwyddyn olaf ond un o'u cadwyn gyflenwi logisteg a'u cymhwyster caffael nhw ym Mhrifysgol De Cymru, ac maen nhw am gael cynnig o leoliad blwyddyn mewn adrannau caffael ledled Cymru, gan gynnwys yn Llywodraeth Cymru. Unwaith eto, nod hynny yw cadw'r bobl dalentog hyn yma yng Nghymru ac yn y sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Felly, mae yna lawer yn digwydd ym maes gallu a chapasiti, gan gynnwys paratoi cyfres o fodiwlau addysg masnachol craidd yn electronig, a fydd yn bwysig iawn, yn ogystal â'r trafodaethau cynnar yr ydym ni'n eu cael ynghylch archwilio dewisiadau i sefydlu rhaglen brentisiaeth caffael genedlaethol, a fydd yn gyffrous iawn, a'r posibilrwydd o raglen fentora ym maes caffael i Gymru hefyd. Felly, unwaith eto, mae yna lawer yn digwydd yn y maes arbennig hwnnw. Yna, roedd cwestiwn ynghylch beth yw'r egwyddorion sylfaenol sy'n sail i hyn i gyd, yr hyn yr ydym ni'n awyddus i'w gyflawni drwy gaffael, mewn gwirionedd. Wel, ym mis Mawrth 2021 fe gyhoeddais ddatganiad polisi caffael diwygiedig Cymru, ac roedd hwnnw'n nodi'r weledigaeth strategol ar gyfer caffael yn y sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru, ac fe'i hysgrifennwyd mewn partneriaeth â'n rhanddeiliaid. Ein nod ni, mewn gwirionedd, yw helpu i ddiffinio ein cynnydd ni yn ôl y nodau llesiant yr ydym ni'n ceisio eu taro ar gyfer cenedlaethau'r dyfodol, ac mae Deddf cenedlaethau'r dyfodol wrth hanfod hynny i gyd. Yr allwedd i gyflawni hyn, mewn gwirionedd, fydd gweithio gyda'n gilydd, a'n nod ni yw adnewyddu ac adolygu'r datganiad hwnnw yn rheolaidd gyda phartneriaid, i sicrhau ei fod yn adlewyrchiad cywir o sut yr ydym yn symud tuag at yr uchelgais honno a rennir ar gyfer caffael cyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi cynllun gweithredu i ategu'r gwaith cyflawni yn ôl egwyddorion y datganiad, ac fe gyhoeddwyd hwnnw ar ein gwefan. Erbyn hyn, rydym ni'n annog sefydliadau sy'n prynu, naill ai'n unigol neu mewn ffordd gydweithredol, i gyhoeddi eu cynlluniau gweithredu eu hunain hefyd. Ac yna'n olaf ar hyn, fe fydd canllawiau statudol y Bil Partneriaeth gymdeithasol a chaffael cyhoeddus (Cymru) arfaethedig yn ystyried bod datganiad polisi caffael Cymru a'r cynlluniau gweithredu cysylltiedig yn rhoi dyletswydd ar awdurdodau contractio i gyflawni canlyniadau drwy gaffael sy'n gyfrifol yn gymdeithasol ac sy'n sicrhau bod gwaith teg a gwerth cymdeithasol yn ganolog, yn hytrach na chanolbwyntio ar arbedion ariannol. Meysydd yr ydym ni'n awyddus i edrych yn arbennig arnyn nhw - felly, fe soniodd Llŷr Gruffydd am ddur a bwyd; rwy'n awyddus iawn hefyd i wneud mwy o waith ar bren, ac mae hwnnw'n rhywbeth yr ydym ni'n ei ystyried ar draws y Llywodraeth. Ac rydym ni hefyd yn gwneud gwaith ehangach sy'n ystyried y bylchau hynny yn y gadwyn gyflenwi y cyfeiriais i atyn nhw wrth ymateb i Peter Fox, er mwyn i ni allu nodi'r cyfleoedd hynny i feithrin busnesau Cymru i lenwi'r bylchau hyn. Yna, o ran y diwygiadau deddfwriaethol, fe wn i ein bod ni wedi anghytuno yn sylfaenol ynglŷn â hynny, ond rydym ni wedi cael sicrwydd ysgrifenedig gan Lywodraeth y DU yn hyn o beth. Hefyd, rydym ni'n ymchwilio i ba rannau o Fil y DU yr ydym ni am eu saernïo ar gyfer gweinidogion Cymru, felly mae gwaith yn mynd rhagddo yn y maes hwnnw hefyd. Ond fe wn i fod swyddogion yn cyfarfod yn rheolaidd iawn, iawn â Llywodraeth y DU ynglŷn â hyn, ac yn holi ynglŷn â'r manylion yn ddyfal iawn, iawn.