English: Can I thank the Member for his comments, and put on record my thanks to both Adam Price and to Dai Lloyd for the very constructive discussions that we've had? I'd like to thank the Members and their party for the advance notice that I was given as well of the proposals for the Plaid Cymru infrastructure commission for Wales. I do think discussions and the document that you have produced have been invaluable in pressing forward deliberations that we've had to date, and, as I set out in my statement, this, I believe, is the first step in establishing an infrastructure commission for Wales. In terms of what's happened at a UK Government level, I recognise that it was something of a surprise that the UK Government did not proceed with making their commission statutory. We have asked for detailed reasoning in this regard, because we had been developing our model on the basis that they were going to be making theirs statutory, and therefore the natural next step based on evidence gathered in the years to come would be that we could also then transform ours into a statutory body. I've pledged to ensure that, by the end of this Assembly, there will be a review of the remit, efficacy and operations of the national infrastructure commission for Wales, so that we can fully assess whether it should be statutory. And then, if so, it will enable us to propose legislation when possible. In terms of the financing of work, of course, it's essential that I work very closely with colleagues across Government, but in particular with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, but the Member is also right insofar as innovative financing is concerned. I think membership of the infrastructure commission will be absolutely essential in this regard. It will be very important that we have the appropriate expertise that perhaps has not been available until recent times to enable us to deliberate over what sort of innovative finance can actually support the major infrastructure projects that Wales very much needs. If I can just review some of the considerations that we've been giving to raising additional funding, we do share the aim of raising additional moneys for public infrastructure investment by developing models that retain most of the attractive features of the non-profit distributing model, but which reflect the current classification regime, which can inhibit some of the developments that are being proposed by Plaid Cymru. We have engaged legal and financial advisers to assist with developing a model that allows for the public sector to capture some of the returns to equity, which, of course, the Scots have been particularly successful with through hub, and which we are also proposing to do. We've extensively consulted with colleagues from Scottish Futures Trust and also with Her Majesty's Treasury, with the Office for National Statistics, Eurostat and the European Public-private Partnership Expertise Centre of the European Investment Bank, and we're developing our model in consultation with experts, including a peer review with the European expertise centre. In terms of the historic levels of underinvestment in much of our infrastructure, I think during questions earlier, and during the urgent question, I mentioned that, historically, we've seen underinvestment in our rail network. It's fair to say that we need to significantly increase the level of investment right across our physical and digital infrastructure to ensure that we have a country that is well connected and united, and one in which people are able to live within their communities without concern over how they will access places of employment. For that reason, it's essential that we proceed with what is one of the most ambitious infrastructure programmes that a Government has introduced since the dawn of devolution, which includes proposals for an M4 relief road, a Menai third crossing, and upgrades to the A494, A55, A40, Newtown bypass and Caernarfon bypass, in addition to the next phases of superfast broadband connectivity, and which also captures social programmes, such as new health centres and hospitals, and, of course, twenty-first century schools, higher education and further education. The Member is absolutely right in asserting that capital programmes can dramatically increase the degree of economic growth in a country, and, for that reason, we wish also to accelerate the programme of building so that we actually then fuel the economy of the future of Wales.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Aelod am ei sylwadau, a chofnodi fy niolch i Adam Price ac i Dai Lloyd am y trafodaethau adeiladol iawn yr ydym wedi eu cael? Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Aelodau a'u plaid am yr hysbysiad ymlaen llaw a gefais yn ogystal â'r cynigion ar gyfer comisiwn seilwaith Plaid Cymru ar gyfer Cymru. Rwy'n credu bod y trafodaethau a'r ddogfen a gynhyrchwyd gennych wedi bod yn amhrisiadwy wrth fwrw ymlaen â'r trafodaethau yr ydym wedi'u cael hyd yma, ac, fel y nodais yn fy natganiad, hwn yw'r cam cyntaf, yn fy marn i, ar gyfer sefydlu comisiwn seilwaith ar gyfer Cymru. O ran yr hyn sydd wedi digwydd ar lefel Llywodraeth y DU, rwy'n cydnabod ei fod yn dipyn o syndod na wnaeth Llywodraeth y DU fwrw ymlaen gyda gwneud eu comisiwn yn statudol. Rydym wedi gofyn am resymu manwl yn y cyswllt hwn, gan ein bod wedi bod yn datblygu ein model ni ar y sail eu bod nhw yn mynd i fod yn gwneud eu model hwy yn statudol. Ac felly'r cam nesaf naturiol, yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth a gasglwyd yn y blynyddoedd i ddod, fyddai y gallem ni hefyd wedyn drawsnewid ein model ni yn gorff statudol. Rydw i wedi addo sicrhau, erbyn diwedd y Cynulliad hwn, y bydd adolygiad o gylch gwaith, effeithiolrwydd a gweithrediadau'r comisiwn seilwaith cenedlaethol ar gyfer Cymru, fel y gallwn asesu'n llawn a ddylai fod yn statudol. Ac yna, os felly, bydd yn ein galluogi ni i gynnig deddfwriaeth pan fo hynny'n bosibl. O ran ariannu gwaith, wrth gwrs, mae'n hanfodol fy mod yn gweithio'n agos iawn gyda chydweithwyr ar draws y Llywodraeth, ond yn arbennig gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid a Llywodraeth Leol. Ond mae'r Aelod hefyd yn iawn cyn belled ag y mae ariannu arloesol yn y cwestiwn. Rwy'n credu y bydd aelodaeth y comisiwn seilwaith yn gwbl hanfodol yn hyn o beth. Bydd yn bwysig iawn bod gennym yr arbenigedd priodol nad yw efallai wedi bod ar gael nes yn ddiweddar er mwyn ein galluogi i gyd-drafod pa fath o gyllid arloesol mewn gwirionedd all gefnogi'r prosiectau seilwaith mawr sydd eu hangen yn fawr iawn ar Gymru. Os caf fi adolygu rhai o'r ystyriaethau yr ydym wedi bod yn eu rhoi i godi cyllid ychwanegol, rydym yn rhannu'r nod o godi arian ychwanegol ar gyfer buddsoddiad seilwaith cyhoeddus drwy ddatblygu modelau sy'n cadw'r rhan fwyaf o nodweddion deniadol y model dosbarthu dielw , ond sy'n adlewyrchu'r drefn dosbarthiad presennol, a all lyffetheirio rhai o'r datblygiadau sy'n cael eu cynnig gan Blaid Cymru. Rydym wedi ymgysylltu â chynghorwyr cyfreithiol ac ariannol i gynorthwyo gyda datblygu model sy'n caniatáu i'r sector cyhoeddus gasglu rhai o'r adenillion i ecwiti, y mae'r Albanwyr, wrth gwrs, wedi bod yn arbennig o lwyddiannus yn ei wneud drwy ganolbwynt, ac yr ydym ninnau hefyd yn cynnig ei wneud. Rydym wedi ymgynghori'n helaeth gyda chydweithwyr o Futures Scottish Trust a hefyd â Thrysorlys Ei Mawrhydi, gyda'r Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol, Eurostat a Chanolfan Arbenigedd Partneriaeth Cyhoeddus-preifat Ewropeaidd Banc Buddsoddi Ewrop, ac rydym yn datblygu ein model mewn ymgynghoriad ag arbenigwyr, gan gynnwys adolygiad gan gymheiriaid gyda'r ganolfan arbenigedd Ewropeaidd. O ran y lefelau hanesyddol o danfuddsoddi mewn llawer o'n seilwaith, rwy'n meddwl fy mod wedi sôn yn ystod y cwestiynau yn gynharach ac yn ystod y cwestiwn brys, yn hanesyddol, ein bod wedi gweld tanfuddsoddi yn ein rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd. Mae'n deg dweud bod angen inni gynyddu'n sylweddol lefel y buddsoddiad ar draws ein seilwaith ffisegol a digidol er mwyn sicrhau bod gennym wlad sydd â chysylltiadau da ac sy'n unedig, ac yn wlad lle mae pobl yn gallu byw o fewn eu cymunedau heb bryderu sut y byddant yn cael mynediad at fannau cyflogaeth. Am y rheswm hwnnw, mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn bwrw ymlaen gyda'r hyn sy'n un o'r rhaglenni seilwaith mwyaf uchelgeisiol y mae Llywodraeth wedi'i chyflwyno ers dechrau datganoli. Mae'n cynnwys cynigion ar gyfer ffordd liniaru'r M4, trydedd bont Menai, a gwaith uwchraddio i'r A494, A55, A40, ffordd osgoi'r Drenewydd a ffordd osgoi Caernarfon, yn ychwanegol at y cam nesaf o gysylltedd band eang cyflym iawn, ac mae hefyd yn cynnwys rhaglenni cymdeithasol, megis canolfannau iechyd ac ysbytai newydd, ac, wrth gwrs, ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, addysg uwch ac addysg bellach. Mae'r Aelod yn llygad ei le wrth honni y gall rhaglenni cyfalaf gynyddu yn sylweddol y raddfa o dwf economaidd mewn gwlad, ac, am y rheswm hwnnw, rydym yn dymuno hefyd gyflymu'r rhaglen adeiladu er mwyn i ni mewn gwirionedd danio economi dyfodol Cymru .