English: Minister, thank you for your statement and for your thoughts on how we can promote better and more sustainable public transport in the future. By the way, you mentioned electric bikes earlier in your statement and it reminded me of a bike ride that we both went on down the Wye Valley some years back, when you were working with Sustrans. I remember us talking then about the potential in the future for modernising the cycling infrastructure, so I'm pleased that you carried on with that passion into Government. Two areas, if I may: can I also welcome the Burns review and the Minister's commitment to reducing carbon emissions? You've mentioned Newport extensively, and it's been raised, really, by many Members, and you've said that it needs a modern transport infrastructure and it's waited too long for that. I'd certainly agree with that, and the people of Newport would agree with that. But also rural areas need infrastructure as well. My constituency is just north of Newport, but it's particularly poorly served by, certainly, bus services; train services - we've only got one, the main line to Hereford. After 6.00 p.m., it's very difficult to get back from Newport station, if you want to commute from Newport station to my constituency. I've raised this with the economy Minister, with Ken Skates, many times, so I'll raise it with you as well: how are we getting on with developing the metro network and potentially developing a hub at the Celtic Manor so that we can improve links from Newport into deeper rural areas in my constituency and beyond after 6.00 p.m., so that if people do want to commute by public transport they can? And secondly, electric cars: yes, you're right that cars are appropriate for some journeys. In rural areas, they're particularly important. I know what you mean about not wanting to have multi-car households, and it would be desirable just to have one car per household, but, in rural areas, that's often very difficult, particularly with some of the larger families. So, what are you doing to improve the electric car infrastructure in rural areas? Only a couple of years ago, a new electric charging station that was planned - a planning application went in for one in Monmouth, and that was turned down, I think on the basis of a conflict with technical advice note 15 at the time. I think that the planning system needs to recognise that we do need this electric car charging infrastructure, but it needs to make sure that there aren't obstacles put in the way developing that, so that, both in terms of public transport and the electric car system infrastructure moving forward, we can get on with the job of providing a greener, more sustainable, more durable and cleaner transport infrastructure.
Welsh: Gweinidog, diolch ichi am eich datganiad ac am eich barn ar sut y gallwn ni hyrwyddo trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus well a mwy cynaliadwy yn y dyfodol. Gyda llaw, fe wnaethoch chi sôn am feiciau trydan yn gynharach yn eich datganiad ac fe'm hatgoffwyd o daith feicio yr aeth y ddau ohonom arni i lawr Dyffryn Gwy rai blynyddoedd yn ôl, pan oeddech chi'n gweithio gyda Sustrans. Rwy'n cofio i ni siarad bryd hynny am y potensial yn y dyfodol i foderneiddio'r seilwaith beicio, felly rwy'n falch eich bod wedi parhau â'r angerdd hwnnw yn y Llywodraeth. Dau faes, os caf i: a gaf i hefyd groesawu adolygiad Burns ac ymrwymiad y Gweinidog i leihau allyriadau carbon? Rydych chi wedi sôn yn helaeth am Gasnewydd, ac mae wedi cael ei godi, mewn gwirionedd, gan lawer o Aelodau, ac rydych chi wedi dweud bod angen seilwaith trafnidiaeth modern arni ac mae wedi aros yn rhy hir am hynny. Byddwn i'n sicr yn cytuno â hynny, a byddai pobl Casnewydd yn cytuno â hynny. Ond hefyd mae angen seilwaith ar ardaloedd gwledig hefyd. Mae fy etholaeth i ychydig i'r gogledd o Gasnewydd, ond mae'n cael ei gwasanaethu'n arbennig o wael gan wasanaethau bysiau, yn sicr; gwasanaethau trên - dim ond un sydd gennym, y brif linell i Henffordd. Ar ôl 6.00 p.m., mae'n anodd iawn dychwelyd o orsaf Casnewydd, os ydych chi eisiau cymudo o orsaf Casnewydd i'm hetholaeth i. Rwyf wedi codi hyn gyda Gweinidog yr economi, gyda Ken Skates, droeon, felly fe'i codaf gyda chi hefyd: lle ydym ni arni o ran datblygu'r rhwydwaith metro ac o bosibl datblygu canolfan yn y Celtic Manor fel y gallwn ni wella cysylltiadau o Gasnewydd i ardaloedd gwledig dyfnach yn fy etholaeth i a thu hwnt ar ôl 6.00 p.m. fel y gall pobl os ydyn nhw eisiau cymudo ar drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, wneud hynny? Ac yn ail, ceir trydan: ie, rydych chi'n iawn fod ceir yn briodol ar gyfer rhai teithiau. Mewn ardaloedd gwledig, maen nhw'n arbennig o bwysig. Gwn beth yr ydych chi'n ei olygu wrth ddymuno peidio â chael aelwydydd aml-gar, a byddai'n ddymunol cael un car fesul cartref yn unig, ond, mewn ardaloedd gwledig, mae hynny'n aml yn anodd iawn, yn enwedig i rai o'r teuluoedd mwy. Felly, beth ydych chi'n ei wneud i wella'r seilwaith ceir trydan mewn ardaloedd gwledig? Dim ond ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl, cynlluniwyd ar gyfer gorsaf gwefru trydan newydd - cyflwynwyd cais cynllunio ar gyfer un yn Nhrefynwy, a gwrthodwyd hwnnw, rwy'n credu, ar sail anghytuno ynghylch nodyn cyngor technegol 15 ar y pryd. Rwy'n credu bod angen i'r system gynllunio gydnabod bod angen y seilwaith gwefru ceir trydan hwn arnom ni, ond mae angen iddo sicrhau nad oes rhwystrau i atal datblygu hynny, fel y gallwn ni o ran trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus a seilwaith y system ceir trydan wrth symud ymlaen barhau'r â'r gwaith o ddarparu seilwaith trafnidiaeth mwy cynaliadwy, mwy cadarn a glanach.