English: Can I say, before I even start, that I think - in terms of the historical nature of our constituencies and the heritage - can I just say that the tunnel goes from Merthyr to Abernant, not the other way around? [ Laughter. ] Richard Trevithick discovered the steam locomotive in 1803 and he went from Penydarren in Merthyr to Aberdare. Okay. Can I just say - can I thank you first of all - ? [ Interruption.] [ Laughter. ] Not that we're competitive at all about our history, but there we are. Can I thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement? I'm going to bring it back to some slightly more mundane areas. We've had many conversations about the concerns around the upper Rhymney valley and I'd like to take this opportunity of thanking you and the Cabinet Secretary for economy for coming with me to visit local representatives and organisations and members of the public, and talking to them and sharing those concerns. But it does seem to me that, in many of our former industrial areas like Rhymney, looking at new innovative ways of regeneration is vital, so I very much welcome the interlinked delivery themes around the proposals for the regional park, particularly the aspects of it that cross the Heads of the Valleys. You'll know that, in parts of Rhymney, we still have large areas of derelict former industrial land, which is symbolic of the decline in those communities over the last 30 years or so, and those areas have still failed to attract significant business investment. But, having said that, the whole area, as you've already said, is surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty. So, we have this industrial dereliction in the centre of something that is surrounded by such beauty, and we do need to clearly exploit that, to meet both the economic and the well-being goals. And I look at some of the success, the huge success, of some of the leisure activities that we've seen developed in the former slate quarries in north Wales, and I wonder whether that represents a kind of blueprint for what we could do in some of our former industrial areas in the south Wales Valleys. Given that the well-being of the Valleys communities is such a vital component of the work of the taskforce, can I ask whether it's part of your vision for a Valleys regional park to look at those areas of dereliction with a view to possibly redeveloping for leisure activity and accommodation, to kind of complement the areas of natural beauty, turning them into visitor attractions in their own right and using this as one of the alternatives to just bringing back in industry to regenerate industrial or former industrial areas? I was also very pleased to hear you mention, I think in answer to Dai Lloyd, about the Design Commission for Wales in Merthyr Tydfil, and I'd welcome your expanding a little bit more on that, because the proposals around the Design Commission charrette, what comes out of that is not just the buildings - Cyfarthfa castle and the blast furnaces and so on - but it's also about telling the whole story of the iron industry in Merthyr and the people who created it, right the way through to the Merthyr rising and beyond, and whether that forms part of your vision of the Valleys landscape park. Will that kind of experience around the history and the heritage be part of the landscape park as well?
Welsh: A gaf i ddweud, cyn i mi ddechrau hyd yn oed, rwy'n credu - o ran natur hanesyddol ein hetholaethau a'r dreftadaeth - a gaf i ddweud bod y twnnel yn mynd o Ferthyr Tudful i Abernant, nid y ffordd arall? [ Chwerthin. ] Darganfu Richard Trevithick y locomotif stêm ym 1803, ac aeth o Benydarren ym Merthyr Tudful i Aberdâr. Iawn. A gaf i ddweud - a gaf i ddiolch i chi yn gyntaf oll - ? [ Torri ar draws.] [ Chwerthin. ] Nid ein bod ni'n gystadleuol o gwbl ynghylch ein hanes, ond dyna ni. A gaf i ddiolch ichi, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, am eich datganiad? Rwy'n mynd i ddychwelyd at rai meysydd ychydig mwy cyffredin. Rydym ni wedi cael llawer o sgyrsiau am y pryderon ynghylch Cwm Rhymni uchaf a hoffwn gymryd y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i chi ac Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros economi am ddod gyda mi i ymweld â chynrychiolwyr lleol a sefydliadau ac aelodau o'r cyhoedd, a siarad â hwy a rhannu'r pryderon hynny. Ond y mae'n ymddangos i mi, mewn llawer o'n hen ardaloedd diwydiannol fel Rhymni, bod edrych ar ffyrdd arloesol newydd o adfywio yn hanfodol, felly, rwy'n croesawu'n fawr iawn y themâu cyflawni cysylltiedig ynghylch y cynigion ar gyfer y parc rhanbarthol, yn arbennig yr agweddau sy'n croesi Blaenau'r Cymoedd. Byddwch yn gwybod, mewn rhannau o Rymni, bod gennym ni ardaloedd mawr o hyd o hen dir diwydiannol diffaith, sy'n symbol o'r dirywiad yn y cymunedau hynny dros y 30 mlynedd diwethaf, fwy neu lai, ac mae'r ardaloedd hynny yn dal heb ddenu buddsoddiad busnes sylweddol. Ond, wedi dweud hynny, fel yr ydych chi wedi ei ddweud eisoes, mae'r ardal gyfan, wedi'i hamgylchynu gan harddwch naturiol syfrdanol. Felly, mae gennym ni'r diffeithwch diwydiannol hwn yng nghanol rhywbeth sy'n cael ei amgylchynu gan y fath harddwch, ac yn amlwg y mae angen i ni fanteisio ar hynny, i gyflawni'r nodau economaidd a llesiant. Ac rwy'n edrych ar rywfaint o'r llwyddiant, llwyddiant enfawr, rhai o'r gweithgareddau hamdden a welsom ni'n cael eu datblygu mewn hen chwareli llechi yn y Gogledd, a tybed a yw hynny'n rhyw fath o lasbrint ar gyfer beth y gallem ni ei wneud mewn rhai o'n hen ardaloedd diwydiannol yng Nghymoedd y De. O gofio bod lles y cymunedau yn y Cymoedd yn rhan hanfodol o waith y tasglu, a gaf i ofyn a yw'n rhan o'ch gweledigaeth chi ar gyfer parc rhanbarthol y Cymoedd i edrych ar y meysydd hynny o ddiffeithwch gyda golwg ar ailddatblygu o bosibl ar gyfer gweithgaredd hamdden a llety, i ategu'r ardaloedd o harddwch naturiol rywsut, gan eu troi'n atyniadau ymwelwyr yn eu rhinwedd eu hunain a defnyddio hyn fel un o'r dewisiadau amgen i ail-gyflwyno diwydiant i adfywio ardaloedd diwydiannol a hen ardaloedd diwydiannol yn unig? Roeddwn hefyd yn falch o'ch clywed yn sôn, rwy'n credu mewn ateb i Dai Lloyd, am y Comisiwn Dylunio i Gymru ym Merthyr Tudful, ac fe fyddwn yn falch petaech chi'n ymhelaethu ychydig ar hynny, oherwydd y cynigion ynghylch charrette y Comisiwn Dylunio, beth a ddaw allan o hynny yw nid dim ond yr adeiladau - Castell Cyfarthfa a ffwrneisi chwyth ac ati - ond y mae hefyd yn ymwneud ag adrodd stori gyfan y diwydiant haearn ym Merthyr a'r bobl a'i creodd, yr holl ffordd at wrthryfel Merthyr a thu hwnt, ac a yw hynny'n ffurfio rhan o'ch gweledigaeth ar gyfer parc tirwedd y Cymoedd. A fydd y math hwnnw o brofiad wedi ei seilio ar yr hanes a'r dreftadaeth yn rhan o'r parc tirwedd hefyd?