English: I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for that, and can I begin, Llywydd, by thanking him and Members of the steering group for the very engaged piece of work that they have been involved in over the whole of last year? I know the group intends to meet again in February, and that we will have a formal consultation drawing on its proposals again in March, because the can that is the shared prosperity fund cannot go on being kicked down the road by this Government in the way that it was continuously kicked down the road by its predecessor. Now, I've had a conversation with the new Secretary of State for Wales, Llywydd. He assured me that he was committed to working in a consensual way with the devolved administration, that he will be looking for ways of agreeing practical ways forward on key policy issues, and I take those assurances at face value and look forward to meeting him to discuss the shared prosperity fund and other matters of mutual interest. But, when we come to those discussions, it will have to be, as Huw Irranca-Davies has said, on the basis of the principles that we have already articulated here. People in Wales who voted to leave the European Union were promised that Wales would not be a penny worse off. That must be delivered through the shared prosperity fund. Regional economic policy has been devolved to the National Assembly for Wales since 1999. It is not a new addition to the repertoire of responsibilities that this National Assembly holds, and when the shared prosperity fund is brought into the daylight and we all have a chance to be able to look at it properly and to debate it, then it must deliver that as well. But, the responsibility for deploying that money should be as close as possible to the place where the difference can be made. That's what all the literature tells us about regional economic development, it's what the OECD, which we are working with on this, tells us too, and it's why the work of the steering group that Huw Irranca-Davies has chaired has been supported by the FSB, the WLGA, Universities Wales, HEFCW, the WCVA, as well as think tanks outside Wales like the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the all-party parliamentary group at Westminster. Our principles are principles that are widely shared beyond this Chamber and we look for them to be honoured in the shared prosperity fund.
Welsh: Diolchaf i Huw Irranca-Davies am hynna, ac a gaf i ddechrau, Llywydd, drwy ddiolch iddo ef ac Aelodau'r grŵp llywio am y darn o waith hynod ymgysylltiedig y maen nhw wedi cymryd rhan ynddo drwy gydol y llynedd? Gwn fod y grŵp yn bwriadu cyfarfod eto ym mis Chwefror, ac y byddwn ni'n cael ymgynghoriad ffurfiol gan ddefnyddio ei gynigion unwaith eto ym mis Mawrth, oherwydd ni all y Llywodraeth hon barhau i oedi ynghylch mater y gronfa ffyniant gyffredin yn y ffordd y gwnaeth ei rhagflaenydd oedi yn ei chylch yn barhaus. Nawr, rwyf i wedi cael sgwrs gydag Ysgrifennydd Gwladol newydd Cymru, Llywydd. Rhoddodd sicrwydd i mi ei fod wedi ymrwymo i weithio mewn ffordd gydsyniol gyda'r weinyddiaeth ddatganoledig, y bydd yn chwilio am ffyrdd o gytuno ar ffyrdd ymarferol ymlaen ar faterion polisi allweddol, ac rwy'n cymryd y sicrwydd hwnnw ar ei olwg ac edrychaf ymlaen at gyfarfod ag ef i drafod y gronfa ffyniant gyffredin a materion eraill sydd o ddiddordeb i'r ddwy ochr. Ond, pan fyddwn ni'n dod i'r trafodaethau hynny, bydd yn rhaid iddo fod, fel y dywedodd Huw Irranca-Davies, ar sail yr egwyddorion yr ydym ni eisoes wedi eu cyfleu yn y fan yma. Addawyd i bobl yng Nghymru a bleidleisiodd i adael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd na fyddai Cymru yr un geiniog yn waeth ei byd. Mae'n rhaid i hynny gael ei sicrhau drwy'r gronfa ffyniant gyffredin. Datganolwyd polisi economaidd rhanbarthol i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ers 1999. Nid yw'n ychwanegiad newydd at y gyfres o gyfrifoldebau sydd gan y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn, a phan ddaw'r gronfa ffyniant gyffredin i'r amlwg ac y caiff pawb ohonom ni gyfle i allu edrych arni'n iawn a'i thrafod, yna mae'n rhaid iddi gyflawni hynny hefyd. Ond, dylai'r cyfrifoldeb am ddefnyddio'r arian hwnnw fod mor agos â phosibl at y man lle gellir gwneud y gwahaniaeth. Dyna'r hyn y mae'r holl lenyddiaeth yn ei ddweud wrthym ni am ddatblygu economaidd rhanbarthol, dyna mae'r OECD, yr ydym ni'n gweithio gydag ef ar hyn, yn ei ddweud wrthym ni hefyd, a dyna pam mae gwaith y grŵp llywio y mae Huw Irranca-Davies wedi ei gadeirio wedi cael ei gefnogi gan Ffederasiwn y Busnesau Bach, Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru, Prifysgolion Cymru, CCAUC, CGGC, yn ogystal â melinau trafod y tu allan i Gymru fel Sefydliad Joseph Rowntree a'r grŵp seneddol hollbleidiol yn San Steffan. Mae ein hegwyddorion yn egwyddorion sy'n cael eu rhannu'n eang y tu hwnt i'r Siambr hon ac rydym ni'n disgwyl iddyn nhw gael eu hanrhydeddu yn y gronfa ffyniant gyffredin.