English: The aim of this debate today is to highlight the need to lock in the excellent economic progress that the UK Conservative Government has made since taking office, and we don't want to see any of that put at risk. Of course, it's Theresa May and the UK Government who have got the plan to boost economic prosperity through the process of Brexit and beyond. But there are issues with the economy here in Wales: we know that weekly earnings are still the lowest of all four nations; Welsh GVA is still at 71 per cent of the UK average; and the employment rate is lower than in any other part of the UK. The Welsh Government has little economic credibility, I'd say, left after a series of investment failures, which I don't think have been mentioned today - Triumph Furniture, Kancoat, Newsquest, the regeneration investment fund for Wales, to name a few. Many would be concerned by the First Minister's recent endorsement of Jeremy Corbyn's economic approach, as has been highlighted in our motion and by the leader of the opposition in the opening comments to this debate. Over the past seven years, the UK Conservative Government has - . The deficit has come down by almost two thirds, employment is up by 2.8 million, growth is at 1.8 million in real terms, second only to Germany, and the lowest paid have been taken out of income tax altogether, and there's a new national living wage. The current forecast is that the UK economy will grow by 2 per cent this year, and wages are forecast to rise every year up until 2021. And isn't it interesting, of course, that, when Gordon Brown left office, the UK's infrastructure quality was ranked at thirty-third across the world, behind countries like Namibia and Slovenia? Now, thanks to the steps that the UK Conservative Government has taken, we're ranked at seventh in world. We're now supportive of major projects in Wales, of course, as we know, like the Cardiff and Swansea city deals, as well as the north Wales deal as well.
Welsh: Nod y ddadl hon heddiw yw tynnu sylw at yr angen i sicrhau'r cynnydd economaidd ardderchog y mae Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU wedi'i wneud ers dod i rym, ac nid ydym am weld dim yn peryglu hwnnw. Wrth gwrs, Theresa May a Llywodraeth y DU sydd â'r cynllun i hybu ffyniant economaidd drwy broses Brexit a thu hwnt. Ond mae problemau gyda'r economi yma yng Nghymru: gwyddom fod enillion wythnosol yn dal i fod yn is na'r tair gwlad arall; mae gwerth ychwanegol gros Cymru yn dal i fod yn 71 y cant o gyfartaledd y DU; ac mae'r gyfradd gyflogaeth yn is nag mewn unrhyw ran arall o'r DU. Nid oes gan Lywodraeth Cymru fawr o hygrededd economaidd ar ôl, ddywedwn i, wedi cyfres o fethiannau buddsoddi, ac nid wyf yn meddwl eu bod wedi cael eu crybwyll heddiw - Triumph Furniture, Kancoat, Newsquest, cronfa buddsoddi Cymru ar gyfer adfywio, i enwi rhai yn unig. Byddai llawer yn bryderus wrth weld y Prif Weinidog yn cymeradwyo ymagwedd economaidd Jeremy Corbyn yn ddiweddar, fel yr amlygwyd yn ein cynnig a chan arweinydd yr wrthblaid yn y sylwadau agoriadol i'r ddadl hon. Dros y saith mlynedd diwethaf, mae Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU wedi - . Mae'r diffyg wedi gostwng bron i ddwy ran o dair, mae cyflogaeth wedi codi 2.8 miliwn, mae twf yn 1.8 miliwn mewn termau real, yn ail yn unig i'r Almaen, ac nid oes rhaid i'r rhai ar y cyflogau isaf dalu treth incwm o gwbl, a cheir cyflog byw cenedlaethol newydd. Y rhagolwg presennol yw y bydd economi'r DU yn tyfu 2 y cant eleni, a rhagwelir y bydd cyflogau'n codi bob blwyddyn hyd at 2021. Ac wrth gwrs, pan adawodd Gordon Brown ei swydd, onid yw'n ddiddorol fod ansawdd seilwaith y DU ar safle 33 ar draws y byd, o dan wledydd fel Namibia a Slofenia? Yn awr, diolch i'r camau y mae Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU wedi'u cymryd, rydym yn seithfed yn y byd. Rydym bellach yn cefnogi prosiectau mawr yng Nghymru, wrth gwrs, fel y gwyddom, megis cytundebau dinesig Caerdydd ac Abertawe, yn ogystal â chytundeb gogledd Cymru.