English: Can I thank Jenny Rathbone for her questions? I'll try to be as brief as possible, but the Member is absolutely right to say that carbon reduction targets must be stretching, and they will be for the entire course of the franchise. It's essential that the metro enables, as the Member outlines, communities to be better linked so that people can travel as swiftly and seamlessly as possible between their homes, places of work and services. It's also important that services are attractive and convenient for the same reasons I gave to other Members. We are making good progress, in terms of the procurement exercise, in our dealings with the Department for Transport, particularly in those three key areas that have been concerning officials: time, most of all, including the transfer of core Valleys lines assets; appropriate funding; and the transfer of functions Order, the agency agreement. All are making good progress, including the question of funding and the £125 million that we have been assured is available for the Valleys lines. In terms of the options, the Member actually raised two innovative solutions for alternatives to conventional rail - one was hydrogen and the other was battery - the bidders are being encouraged to develop options that are innovative and that suit passenger needs above all else. Again, in terms of the carriages, they will be available at the start of the next franchise. It's absolutely essential that passengers have faith in the new franchise operator and, therefore, it will be important that new rolling stock is deployed as soon as possible after the franchise has been awarded and begins operation.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i Jenny Rathbone am ei chwestiynau. Gwnaf geisio bod mor gryno â phosibl, ond mae'r Aelod yn llygad ei lle i ddweud bod rhaid bod targedau lleihau carbon yn ymestyn, a bydd hynny'n digwydd drwy gydol y fasnachfraint. Mae'n hanfodol bod y metro yn galluogi, fel yr amlinellodd yr Aelod, cymunedau i fod yn fwy cysylltiedig fel y gall pobl deithio mor gyflym a di-dor â phosibl rhwng eu cartrefi, eu mannau gwaith a gwasanaethau. Mae hefyd yn bwysig bod gwasanaethau'n ddeniadol ac yn gyfleus am yr un rhesymau ag a roddais i Aelodau eraill. Rydym yn gwneud cynnydd da, o ran yr ymarfer caffael, wrth ymwneud â'r Adran Drafnidiaeth, yn enwedig yn y tri maes allweddol hynny sydd wedi peri pryder i swyddogion: amser, yn bennaf oll, gan gynnwys trosglwyddo asedau rheilffyrdd craidd y Cymoedd; cyllid priodol; a'r Gorchymyn trosglwyddo swyddogaethau, y cytundeb asiantaeth. Maent i gyd yn gwneud cynnydd da, gan gynnwys y cwestiwn o ariannu a'r £125 miliwn yr ydym wedi cael sicrwydd y bydd ar gael ar gyfer rheilffyrdd y Cymoedd. O ran yr opsiynau, soniodd yr Aelod am ddau ddatrysiad arloesol fel dewisiadau amgen yn lle rheilffyrdd confensiynol - un oedd hydrogen a'r llall oedd batri - mae'r cynigwyr yn cael eu hannog i ddatblygu opsiynau sy'n arloesol ac sy'n gweddu i anghenion teithwyr yn anad dim arall. Unwaith eto, o ran y cerbydau, byddant ar gael ar ddechrau'r fasnachfraint nesaf. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol bod gan deithwyr ffydd yn y gweithredwr masnachfraint newydd ac, felly, bydd yn bwysig defnyddio cerbydau newydd cyn gynted â phosibl ar ôl i'r fasnachfraint gael ei dyfarnu a dechrau gweithredu.