English: Can I thank Dawn Bowden for her questions and assure her that, through not just Welsh Government, but our partners in the Wales automotive forum, we are assessing every opportunity for existing automotive businesses and for emerging businesses in the automotive and mobility sector? Last autumn, I hosted an automotive summit, which looked at opportunities for Wales. That was incredibly well attended and we'll build on it by hosting the manufacturing summit on 2 April in Venue Cymru. The automotive sector will be present and we will be examining the very latest opportunities and, indeed, threats to the sector in Wales and across the UK. It's worth saying that, over the last five years, automotive companies in Wales, including those supporting the supply chain, have had help to the tune of £200 million in supporting their growth and in supporting the 12,000 jobs that are contained within the sector. It's also fair to say that there has been, until very recently, a renaissance in UK car production. For a variety of reasons, the sector right now is facing considerable difficulty and transformation. We're assisting in the transformation through focusing our resource on those automotive companies that clearly have the best prospects of succeeding in the transition to low- and zero-emissions vehicles. And we have an incredibly strong record in attracting investment, including from Ineos Automotive most recently. As part of the support that we were offering to Kasai we, through the Wales automotive forum, introduced the company to Ineos and to Aston Martin Lagonda and to others in the hope that alternative work may be secured in order to avoid closure. Unfortunately, the bridge between the closure of Honda and the work that would come from other manufacturers was so great as to necessitate the announcement that has been made recently. However, the company is not due to close, if it decides to proceed with closure, until July 2021. This gives a significant amount of time for us to assist, through our regional response teams, through Careers Wales and so forth, every single individual that might be affected. But it also gives us, during the consultation period, an opportunity to say to the company once again, 'Reconsider the announcement. Please, if there is any way possible, maintain your operations in Merthyr.'
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Dawn Bowden am ei chwestiynau a rhoi sicrwydd iddi, nid yn unig drwy Lywodraeth Cymru, ond ein partneriaid yn fforwm moduro Cymru, ein bod yn asesu pob cyfle i fusnesau modurol sy'n bodoli eisoes ac i fusnesau newydd yn y diwydiant modurol a'r sector symudedd a moduro? Yn yr hydref y llynedd, cynhaliais uwchgynhadledd fodurol, a fu'n edrych ar gyfleoedd i Gymru. Cafwyd presenoldeb anhygoel o dda yno, a byddwn yn adeiladu ar hynny drwy gynnal yr uwchgynhadledd weithgynhyrchu ar 2 Ebrill yn Venue Cymru. Bydd y sector modurol yn bresennol, a byddwn yn edrych ar y cyfleoedd diweddaraf, ac yn wir, y bygythiadau i'r sector yng Nghymru a ledled y DU. Mae'n werth dweud, dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf, fod cwmnïau modurol yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys y rheini sy'n cefnogi'r gadwyn gyflenwi, wedi cael cymorth o £200 miliwn i gefnogi eu twf ac i gefnogi'r 12,000 o swyddi yn y sector. Mae'n deg dweud hefyd y bu adfywiad ym maes cynhyrchu ceir yn y DU tan yn ddiweddar iawn. Am amrywiaeth o resymau, mae'r sector yn wynebu anawsterau a thrawsnewid sylweddol ar hyn o bryd. Rydym yn cynorthwyo gyda'r trawsnewid drwy ganolbwyntio ein hadnoddau ar y cwmnïau modurol hynny y mae'n amlwg fod ganddynt y rhagolygon gorau i lwyddo wrth newid i gerbydau allyriadau isel a di-allyriadau. Ac mae gennym hanes hynod o gryf o ddenu buddsoddiad, gan gynnwys gan Ineos Automotive yn fwyaf diweddar. Fel rhan o'r gefnogaeth roeddem yn ei rhoi i Kasai, drwy fforwm moduro Cymru, fe gyflwynasom y cwmni i Ineos ac i Aston Martin Lagonda ac i eraill yn y gobaith y gellid sicrhau gwaith arall er mwyn osgoi cau. Yn anffodus, roedd y bont rhwng cau Honda a'r gwaith a fyddai'n dod gan weithgynhyrchwyr eraill mor fawr nes bod angen gwneud y cyhoeddiad a wnaed yn ddiweddar. Fodd bynnag, nid yw'r cwmni i fod i gau, os yw'n penderfynu bwrw ymlaen â hynny, tan fis Gorffennaf 2021. Mae hyn yn rhoi cryn dipyn o amser inni allu cynorthwyo pob unigolyn a allai gael eu heffeithio drwy ein timau ymateb rhanbarthol, drwy Gyrfa Cymru ac ati. Ond hefyd mae'n rhoi cyfle i ni ddweud wrth y cwmni unwaith eto, yn ystod y cyfnod ymgynghori, 'Ailystyriwch y cyhoeddiad. Os gwelwch yn dda, cadwch eich gwaith ym Merthyr Tudful os oes unrhyw fodd o wneud hynny.'