English: Thank you very much for all the work that the committee has done to feed into this document as well. I actually refute the fact that we don't know where we're going to be in five years. If you look at the executive summary, it's absolutely clear what we want to be doing in five years' time. And that's how you can measure us. You know, 500,000 connections in terms of the diaspora community; I think that's pretty clear in terms of where we would like to be. On the EU programmes, I think we've made it clear, not just in this document but in this Chamber on several occasions and by several Ministers, that we are very keen to continue with our involvement in those EU programmes; in particular, I think, Erasmus, which we've discussed this afternoon. We're particularly concerned that it looks like the UK Government is going to walk away from the vocational part of that. They're not trying to push that in any way at all. The fact is that we've actually put some money into trying to develop vocational relationships and exchanges with Brittany, just to make sure that we can keep those relationships going during this difficult transition phase. On Horizon 2020, it's crucial for the success of our scientists in this country and our researchers. And if you think about the fact that, at the moment, we pay about £5 billion into Horizon 2020, but we get £7 billion back, in any new relationship, you can only get back what you put in. That's the difference between being in and out. Israel is a part of the Horizon 2020 programme, so there's no reason why we couldn't be. So, this is a matter of political will, but let's be clear that we will not be getting as much out and we will not be there to frame and to shape the programmes in the way that we've been able to in the past. I think that it's very clear in the document that our focus is on the EU - that that's our main relationship, that's where we want to develop - but obviously we need to recognise that the world is changing as well, and that we have those important relationships, in particular with North America, and that we have that global responsibility, in particular to developing some of the poorer parts of the world, and we have chosen to focus on Africa, and on two particular parts of Africa. How do we assess the success of the offices? Well, they've all been given a very clear direction now in terms of what the expectation is. I get monthly reports on that, and your committee will now be receiving fairly regular reports. On the trade side of things, the UK Government, of course, is going to be working on many different fronts in relation to the trade negotiations. If you think about agriculture, it's going to be fundamental, and Lesley Griffiths is very much involved in that. At some point, as the Minister with responsibility for trade here, I will have to see how we balance the relationships and the priorities between consumers and producers, between different sectors of the economy, between the EU relationship and the rest of the world. All of those things are discussions that we will have to have across Government, and those are things, again, where we don't know what the UK Government negotiating mandate will look like. Once we have sight of that, we will be able to make a more intelligent assessment, I think. Let me make it absolutely clear that we are not just focusing on three sectors. Those three sectors are to just get the attention of people when we walk into the room. We did that when we went to Germany last year. We invited people to a tech meeting, we told them that we were going to talk about cyber and compound semiconductors; we finished up talking about insurance tech. So, it's about getting people through the door and how you pique their interest. And certainly, we are not closing off the discussions on investment in any of the sectors, it's simply to give a bit of direction to people, because you basically have a couple of minutes to make an impact, and you can't start talking about every sector. On soft power, we had a conference on this recently, organised by the Wales Centre for International Affairs, and that was a really useful setting for us to pick up how best to use soft power. I think an example of us using soft power well was Japan; we need to do more of that. But we also need to bounce off things, like the fact that there are two people nominated from Wales for Oscars now, and those kinds of things make a difference. That's the kind of thing that projects our image onto the global stage. So, I think there are real opportunities and I hope that we can work well together now as a department and with your committee. We'd be very willing to hear and to listen to some of your ideas.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn am yr holl waith y mae'r pwyllgor wedi'i wneud i gyfrannu at y ddogfen hon hefyd. Mewn gwirionedd, nid wyf yn derbyn y ffaith na fyddwn yn gwybod lle fyddwn ni ymhen pum mlynedd. Os edrychwch chi ar y crynodeb gweithredol, mae'n gwbl glir beth yr ydym ni eisiau bod yn ei wneud ymhen pum mlynedd. A dyna sut y gallwch ein mesur. Wyddoch chi, 500,000 o gysylltiadau o ran y Cymry alltud; rwy'n credu bod hynny'n eithaf clir o ran y sefyllfa yr hoffem ni fod ynddi. O ran rhaglenni'r UE, rwy'n credu ein bod wedi ei gwneud hi'n glir, nid yn unig yn y ddogfen hon ond yn y Siambr hon ar sawl achlysur a chan nifer o Weinidogion, ein bod yn awyddus iawn i barhau i fod yn rhan o'r rhaglenni UE hynny; yn arbennig, rwy'n credu, Erasmus, yr ydym ni wedi'i drafod y prynhawn yma. Rydym yn arbennig o bryderus ei bod hi'n edrych fel bod Llywodraeth y DU yn mynd i gefnu ar ran alwedigaethol hynny. Dydyn nhw ddim yn ceisio hyrwyddo hynny mewn unrhyw ffordd o gwbl. Y ffaith yw ein bod, mewn gwirionedd, wedi buddsoddi rhywfaint o arian i geisio datblygu perthynas alwedigaethol a sefydlu teithiau cyfnewid gyda Llydaw, dim ond i wneud yn siŵr y gallwn ni barhau â'r berthynas honno yn ystod y cyfnod pontio anodd hwn. O ran Horizon 2020, mae'n hanfodol i lwyddiant ein gwyddonwyr yn y wlad hon a'n hymchwilwyr. Ac os ydych yn meddwl am y ffaith ein bod, ar hyn o bryd, yn talu tua £5 biliwn i Horizon 2020, ond ein bod yn cael £7 biliwn yn ôl, mewn unrhyw berthynas newydd, dim ond yr hyn yr ydych yn ei fuddsoddi a gewch yn ôl. Dyna'r gwahaniaeth rhwng bod i mewn a bod allan. Mae Israel yn rhan o'r rhaglen Horizon 2020, felly does dim rheswm pam na allwn ni fod. Felly, mater o ewyllys gwleidyddol yw hwn, ond gadewch inni fod yn glir na fyddwn yn cael cymaint allan ac na fyddwn yno i fframio ac i lunio'r rhaglenni yn y ffordd y buom yn gwneud hynny yn y gorffennol. Rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n glir iawn yn y ddogfen ein bod yn canolbwyntio ar yr UE - mai dyna yw ein prif berthynas, dyna le'r ydym ni eisiau datblygu - ond yn amlwg mae angen inni gydnabod bod y byd yn newid hefyd, a bod gennym y cysylltiadau pwysig hynny, yn enwedig gyda Gogledd America, a bod gennym y cyfrifoldeb byd-eang hwnnw, yn enwedig i ddatblygu rhai o rannau tlotaf y byd, ac rydym ni wedi dewis canolbwyntio ar Affrica, ac ar ddwy ran arbennig o Affrica. Sut ydym ni'n asesu llwyddiant y swyddfeydd? Wel, maen nhw i gyd wedi cael cyfarwyddyd clir iawn nawr o ran beth yw'r disgwyliad. Byddaf yn cael adroddiadau misol am hynny, a bydd eich pwyllgor nawr yn cael adroddiadau eithaf rheolaidd. O ran masnach, bydd Llywodraeth y DU, wrth gwrs, yn gweithio ar lawer o wahanol agweddau mewn cysylltiad â'r trafodaethau masnach. Os meddyliwch chi am amaethyddiaeth, bydd hynny'n sylfaenol, ac mae Lesley Griffiths yn ymwneud i raddau helaeth â hynny. Ar ryw adeg, fel y Gweinidog sy'n gyfrifol am fasnach yn y fan yma, bydd yn rhaid imi weld sut yr ydym yn cydbwyso'r cysylltiadau a'r blaenoriaethau rhwng y defnyddwyr a'r cynhyrchwyr, rhwng gwahanol sectorau'r economi, rhwng y berthynas â'r UE a gweddill y byd. Mae'r pethau hynny i gyd yn drafodaethau y bydd yn rhaid inni eu cael gyda phob rhan o'r Llywodraeth, ac mae'r rheini'n bethau, unwaith eto, lle nad ydym yn gwybod beth fydd mandad negodi Llywodraeth y DU. Ar ôl gweld hynny, byddwn yn gallu gwneud asesiad mwy deallus, rwy'n credu. Gadewch imi ddatgan yn gwbl glir nad canolbwyntio ar dri sector yn unig ydym ni. Dim ond i gael sylw pobl ar y dechrau y mae'r tri sector hynny. Gwnaethom hynny pan aethom i'r Almaen y llynedd. Fe wnaethom ni wahodd pobl i gyfarfod technoleg, dywedwyd wrthynt y byddem yn siarad am led-ddargludyddion seiber a chyfansawdd; fe wnaethom ni orffen drwy siarad am dechnoleg yswiriant. Felly, mae'n ymwneud â dal sylw pobl ac ennyn eu diddordeb. Ac yn sicr, nid ydym yn cau'r trafodaethau ar fuddsoddi mewn unrhyw un o'r sectorau. Diben hyn yn syml yw rhoi ychydig o gyfeiriad i bobl, oherwydd yn y bôn mae gennych chi ychydig funudau i gael effaith, ac ni allwch chi ddechrau siarad am bob sector. O ran pŵer meddal, cawsom gynhadledd ar hyn yn ddiweddar, a drefnwyd gan Ganolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru, ac roedd hwnnw'n lleoliad defnyddiol iawn inni ganfod y ffordd orau i ddefnyddio pŵer meddal. Rwy'n credu mai un enghraifft ohonom ni'n defnyddio pŵer meddal yn dda oedd Japan; mae angen inni wneud mwy o hynny. Ond mae hefyd angen i ni fanteisio ar gorn pethau, fel y ffaith fod yna ddau unigolyn wedi eu henwebu o Gymru am Oscars nawr, a bod y mathau hynny o bethau yn gwneud gwahaniaeth. Dyna'r math o beth sy'n rhoi amlygrwydd inni ar y llwyfan byd-eang. Felly, rwy'n credu bod yna gyfleoedd gwirioneddol ac rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn ni gydweithio'n dda nawr fel adran a chyda'ch pwyllgor chi. Byddem yn barod iawn i glywed a gwrando ar rai o'ch syniadau.