English: Thank you, Laura Jones. Again, the M4 relief road is primarily in the portfolio of my colleague Ken Skates, but again, we work across the Government on a number of issues. If there is a call for a local referendum, then we're certainly happy to work with Newport council to see how that might be accomplished. I'm all in favour of local people having a large say in what happens in their region or area. You'll know that we've put a regional arrangement for a strategic planning process in place via our Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, and that puts the corporate joint committees in place. The south-east corporate joint committee is actually much more advanced than anywhere else. They are very well advanced in looking at their strategic development plan. That strategic development plan will, of course, be considering arterial routes for traffic as well as everything else, alongside the commission put in place by the First Minister and my colleague Ken Skates in order to look at alternatives to building what would be a very ecologically damaging set of concrete across protected Gwent levels. These things are never straightforward, and there is a range of opinions on all sides. I'm very aware that some people in Newport want to build the M4, but I'm also very aware that a lot of people don't want to build the M4 and wish to protect the natural environment. That's why the commission was put in place. Anyway, there is now a mechanism for the strategic plan to come forward for the south-east region, and I'm sure that once that process is under way, there will be ample opportunity for people to make their feelings known around the strategic transport arrangements. The CJC will also be the body that has the power to put the strategic plan in place. That will be the regional transport plan, and, of course, that will have to interact well with the strategic planning arrangements for infrastructure. That, of course, is the reason that we put that into the local government and elections Act, in order to give that regional flavour. Because it's not just the people who live in Newport county, but all the people who live around it, and, indeed, further on in Wales, that are impacted by that, hence the need for the strategic approach to it.
Welsh: Diolch, Laura Jones. Unwaith eto, mae ffordd liniaru'r M4 ym mhortffolio fy nghyd-Aelod Ken Skates yn bennaf, ond unwaith eto, rydym yn gweithio ar draws y Llywodraeth ar nifer o faterion. Os oes galw am refferendwm lleol, rydym yn sicr yn hapus i weithio gyda chyngor Casnewydd i weld sut y gellid cyflawni hynny. Rwy'n llwyr o blaid gweld pobl leol yn cael llais mawr yn yr hyn sy'n digwydd yn eu rhanbarth neu eu hardal. Fe fyddwch yn gwybod ein bod wedi rhoi trefniant rhanbarthol ar waith ar gyfer proses gynllunio strategol drwy ein Deddf Llywodraeth Leol ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2021, ac mae hwnnw'n sefydlu'r cydbwyllgorau corfforaethol. Mae cydbwyllgor corfforaethol y de-ddwyrain yn llawer mwy datblygedig nag yn unman arall mewn gwirionedd. Maent wedi datblygu'n dda iawn i edrych ar eu cynllun datblygu strategol. Bydd y cynllun datblygu strategol hwnnw, wrth gwrs, yn ystyried prif lwybrau ar gyfer traffig yn ogystal â phopeth arall, ochr yn ochr â'r comisiwn a roddwyd ar waith gan y Prif Weinidog a fy nghyd-Weinidog Ken Skates er mwyn edrych ar ddewisiadau eraill yn lle adeiladu llain goncrit niweidiol iawn yn ecolegol ar draws gwastadeddau Gwent, sydd wedi'u gwarchod. Nid yw'r pethau hyn byth yn syml, ac mae amrywiaeth o opsiynau ar bob ochr. Rwy'n ymwybodol iawn fod rhai pobl yng Nghasnewydd eisiau adeiladu'r M4, ond rwyf hefyd yn ymwybodol iawn fod llawer o bobl nad ydynt eisiau adeiladu'r M4 ac eisiau diogelu'r amgylchedd naturiol. Dyna pam y sefydlwyd y comisiwn. Beth bynnag, mae mecanwaith yn ei le yn awr i'r cynllun strategol gael ei gyflwyno ar gyfer rhanbarth y de-ddwyrain, a phan fydd y broses honno wedi cychwyn, rwy'n siŵr y bydd digon o gyfle i bobl fynegi eu teimladau am y trefniadau trafnidiaeth strategol. Y cyd-bwyllgor corfforedig hefyd fydd y corff sydd â'r pŵer i roi'r cynllun strategol ar waith. Y cynllun trafnidiaeth rhanbarthol fydd hwnnw, ac wrth gwrs, bydd yn rhaid iddo ryngweithio'n dda â'r trefniadau cynllunio strategol ar gyfer seilwaith. Wrth gwrs, dyna yw'r rheswm pam y gwnaethom gynnwys hynny yn y Ddeddf llywodraeth leol ac etholiadau, er mwyn rhoi'r blas rhanbarthol hwnnw. Oherwydd nid dim ond y bobl sy'n byw yn sir Casnewydd sy'n cael eu heffeithio gan hynny, ond yr holl bobl sy'n byw o'i hamgylch, ac yn wir, ymhellach na hynny yng Nghymru, a dyna pam fod angen ymagwedd strategol tuag ato.