English: Can I thank Dai Lloyd for his question and also for making enquiries regarding the important service between Aberystwyth and Cardiff, along with other Members, including the Presiding Officer? This is an essential service and its loss was severely regretted. I'm pleased to be able to say that alternative arrangements for this particular bus service are now at an advanced stage, and we anticipate being in a position to make an announcement on the detail of this service within days. It's absolutely essential that people in rural parts of Wales are able to enjoy bus services, not least because they are social spaces. Unlike other modes of travel, they offer people who are often socially isolated a means of interacting with people. When the services are lost, that opportunity is lost with it. I know, in my own experience of representing a constituency where a bus operator folded recently - GHA Coaches - when that happened, it was the elderly who were most affected, who rely on that service, and young people, often young people who are socially isolated and who greatly rely on bus services in order to access a place of employment or learning. So, rural services, as the Member identified, are absolutely vital. I'd agree that, in many respects, deregulation in the mid-1980s has failed, but I also, like the Member, wish to know more about how some services in Wales appear to be far more sustainable than others. There are examples - and I identified them in my statement - within the south-east of Wales, where there are particularly sustainable services that we can look to and learn from. I'll be meeting with council representatives and bus operator representatives to ascertain precisely what it is that they do differently that enables them to operate in a more sustainable way, and I'll be happy to share any experience that I gain from that, and any insight that I gain with other Members. Of course, I'll also be sharing that information with bus operators and local authorities across Wales. It appears to me that there is a considerable difference between some local authorities in terms of the provision for bus services that are not commercially viable, and the Member mentioned that he's aware of some local authorities that have simply stopped funding those non-commercial routes. I am also aware of some local authorities that have done that. Others have been more responsible in ensuring that there is support available. Again, in the case of GHA Coaches, what that brought to light was that one local authority - Flintshire County Council - had maintained support to the tune of something in the region of £1.3 million for non-commercial services, whereas, in contrast, next door in Wrexham I believe the budget had been reduced to zero. That then places pressures on those services that cross local authority borders because you have one local authority that has albeit a very limited degree of resource available, but another that simply doesn't. So, it's very important that, at the bus summit in the new year, local authorities are able to learn and to contribute as much as the bus service operators themselves. I believe that covers all the questions that the Member asked.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i Dai Lloyd am ei gwestiwn a hefyd am wneud ymholiadau ynglŷn â'r gwasanaeth pwysig rhwng Aberystwyth a Chaerdydd, ynghyd ag Aelodau eraill, gan gynnwys y Llywydd? Mae hwn yn wasanaeth hanfodol ac mae ei golli yn drueni mawr. Rwy'n falch o allu dweud bod trefniadau eraill ar gyfer y gwasanaeth bws penodol hwn bellach yn mynd rhagddynt yn dda, ac rydym yn rhagweld y byddwn mewn sefyllfa i wneud cyhoeddiad ar fanylion y gwasanaeth hwn o fewn y dyddiau nesaf. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol bod pobl mewn rhannau gwledig o Gymru yn gallu mwynhau gwasanaethau bysus, yn rhannol oherwydd eu bod yn fannau cymdeithasol. Yn wahanol i ddulliau eraill o deithio, i bobl sydd yn aml yn cael eu hynysu maent yn cynnig ffordd o ryngweithio gyda phobl yn gymdeithasol. Pan fydd y gwasanaethau'n cael eu colli, mae'r cyfle hwnnw'n cael ei golli hefyd. Rwy'n gwybod, o fy mhrofiad fy hun o gynrychioli etholaeth lle mae gweithredwr bysus wedi mynd i'r wal yn ddiweddar - GHA Coaches - pan ddigwyddodd hynny, yr henoed, sy'n dibynnu ar y gwasanaeth hwnnw, yr effeithiwyd arnynt fwyaf, a phobl ifanc, yn aml y bobl ifanc sy'n gymdeithasol ynysig ac sy'n dibynnu'n fawr ar wasanaethau bws er mwyn cyrraedd man cyflogaeth neu ddysgu. Felly, mae gwasanaethau gwledig, fel y nododd yr Aelod, yn gwbl hanfodol. Byddwn yn cytuno, mewn sawl ffordd, bod dadreoleiddio yng nghanol yr 1980au wedi methu. Ond rwyf i hefyd, fel yr Aelod, yn dymuno gwybod rhagor am sut yr ymddengys bod rhai gwasanaethau yng Nghymru yn llawer mwy cynaliadwy nag eraill. Mae enghreifftiau - ac rwyf wedi eu nodi yn fy natganiad - yn y de-ddwyrain, lle mae gwasanaethau arbennig o gynaliadwy y gallwn edrych arnynt a dysgu oddi wrthynt. Byddaf yn cwrdd â chynrychiolwyr y cyngor a chynrychiolwyr gweithredwyr bysus i ganfod yn union beth y maent yn ei wneud yn wahanol sy'n eu galluogi i weithredu mewn ffordd fwy cynaliadwy. Byddaf yn hapus i rannu unrhyw brofiad a gaf o hynny, ac unrhyw oleuni a gaf ar y mater gydag Aelodau eraill. Wrth gwrs, byddaf hefyd yn rhannu'r wybodaeth honno gyda gweithredwyr bysus ac awdurdodau lleol ledled Cymru. Mae'n ymddangos i mi fod gwahaniaeth sylweddol rhwng rhai awdurdodau lleol o ran y ddarpariaeth ar gyfer gwasanaethau bysus nad ydynt yn fasnachol hyfyw, a soniodd yr Aelod ei fod yn ymwybodol o rai awdurdodau lleol sydd yn syml wedi rhoi'r gorau i ariannu'r teithiau hynny nad ydynt yn fasnachol hyfyw. Rwyf innau hefyd yn ymwybodol o rai awdurdodau lleol sydd wedi gwneud hynny. Mae eraill wedi bod yn fwy cyfrifol ac wedi sicrhau bod cefnogaeth ar gael. Unwaith eto, yn achos GHA Coaches, yr hyn a amlygwyd gan hynny oedd bod un awdurdod lleol - Cyngor Sir y Fflint - wedi cael cymorth o oddeutu £1.3 miliwn ar gyfer gwasanaethau anfasnachol ac, mewn cyferbyniad, yn Wrecsam drws nesaf rwy'n credu bod y gyllideb wedi cael ei gostwng i sero. Mae hynny wedyn yn rhoi pwysau ar y gwasanaethau hynny sy'n croesi ffiniau awdurdodau lleol oherwydd bod gennych un awdurdod lleol sydd ag adnoddau ar gael, er yn gyfyngedig iawn, ond awdurdod lleol arall heb adnoddau o gwbl. Felly, mae'n bwysig iawn bod awdurdodau lleol yn yr uwchgynhadledd ar fysus yn y flwyddyn newydd yn gallu dysgu a chyfrannu cymaint â'r gweithredwyr gwasanaethau bysus eu hunain. Credaf fod hynny'n ymdrin â'r holl gwestiynau a ofynnodd yr Aelod.