English: I'll begin by agreeing with the point that the Member has made about there being lessons to learn. There are bound to be lessons to learn, aren't there? And it's really important that, when the immediate crisis is over, all of those who've had a part to play in responding to it take the time to see whether everything that was there in the plan was delivered on the ground in the way that was intended. I think there were very real efforts made to co-ordinate response across Wales. The emergency co-ordination centre that the Welsh Government runs was open throughout the weekend of storm Dennis. The emergency services command structure was in operation throughout that weekend and had been doing storm Ciara in north Wales as well. It was an important test of that command structure, and when I met one of the chief constables in Wales, he told me that he felt that the rehearsals that we had held here in Wales over recent months in preparing for a 'no deal' exit from the European Union and in relation to coronavirus had stood them in good stead in being able to put those arrangements into practice. That is not to say that there aren't lessons that we can draw on when we stand back from all of this, but I do think that there were real efforts made to co-ordinate and to use the structures that had been put in place to respond to emergency circumstances. As far as the strategy is concerned, then yes, the strategy was out for consultation earlier last year. It closed in the autumn, and the Minister intends to publish the updated strategy in the months ahead. I doubt very much myself, Llywydd, that communities that found themselves on the sharp end of flooding events were concerned about the publication of a strategy at the point that they were dealing with the emergency, but that strategy is well in preparation. It will be published shortly and it will help build resilience and prioritise future investment in most at-risk communities.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddechrau trwy gytuno â'r pwynt y mae'r Aelod wedi ei wneud bod gwersi i'w dysgu. Mae'n sicr y bydd gwersi i'w dysgu, onid yw? Ac mae'n bwysig iawn, pan fydd yr argyfwng uniongyrchol ar ben, bod pawb a fu â rhan i'w chwarae mewn ymateb iddo yn cymryd yr amser i weld a ddarparwyd popeth a oedd yno yn y cynllun ar lawr gwlad yn y ffordd a fwriadwyd. Rwy'n credu y gwnaed ymdrechion gwirioneddol i gydgysylltu'r ymateb ledled Cymru. Roedd y ganolfan cydgysylltu argyfyngau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei rhedeg ar agor drwy gydol penwythnos storm Dennis. Roedd strwythur gorchymyn y gwasanaethau brys yn weithredol drwy gydol y penwythnos hwnnw ac wedi bod yn ymateb i storm Ciara yn y gogledd hefyd. Roedd yn brawf pwysig o'r strwythur gorchymyn hwnnw, a phan gyfarfûm ag un o'r prif gwnstabliaid yng Nghymru, dywedodd wrthyf ei fod yn teimlo bod yr ymarferion a gynhaliwyd gennym ni yma yng Nghymru dros y misoedd diwethaf i baratoi ar gyfer ymadawiad 'heb gytundeb' o'r Undeb Ewropeaidd ac o ran coronafeirws wedi bod o fudd mawr iddyn nhw o ran gallu rhoi'r trefniadau hynny ar waith. Nid yw hynny'n golygu nad oes gwersi y gallwn ni fanteisio arnyn nhw pan fyddwn ni'n sefyll yn ôl oddi wrth hyn i gyd, ond rwy'n credu bod ymdrechion gwirioneddol wedi eu gwneud i gydgysylltu ac i ddefnyddio'r strwythurau a roddwyd ar waith i ymateb i amgylchiadau brys. Cyn belled ag y mae'r strategaeth yn y cwestiwn, yna oedd, roedd y strategaeth yn destun ymgynghoriad yn gynharach y llynedd. Daeth i ben yn yr hydref, ac mae'r Gweinidog yn bwriadu cyhoeddi'r strategaeth wedi'i diweddaru yn ystod y misoedd nesaf. Rwy'n amau'n fawr iawn fy hun, Llywydd, bod cymunedau a ganfu eu hunain yng nghanol achosion o lifogydd yn poeni am gyhoeddi strategaeth ar yr adeg yr oedden nhw'n ymdopi â'r argyfwng, ond mae paratoadau ar gyfer y strategaeth honno wedi datblygu'n dda. Bydd yn cael ei chyhoeddi'n fuan a bydd yn helpu i ddatblygu cydnerthedd a blaenoriaethu buddsoddiad yn y dyfodol mewn cymunedau sydd yn y mwyaf o berygl.