English: Thank you very much, and thank you for your kind words at the beginning of your remarks. Can I say, Bethan, that I enjoyed the conversations that we had in committee earlier this year, and last year as well? I think we've always found a great deal of consensus in different parts of this Chamber on broadcasting and on the media in general, and how this place would like to address those issues. I remember when I chaired the Broadcasting Committee in a previous Assembly, there was a great deal of consensus amongst, I think, the four or five of us on that committee about the way forward, and that consensus has continued through to the report that was published by Christine Chapman just before our last election. Can I say this? I very much welcome proposals to establish a committee of this place to investigate these matters and to hold not only myself as a Minister to account, but also broadcasters, and to ensure that the debates and the discussions, which all too often happen behind closed doors, happen in public. We need to ensure that there's a correct balance in place between the Government placing what could be, or would be, seen as undue pressure on broadcasters to act in a particular way and a democratic institution holding those same broadcasters to account. So, I think there's a very important role for this place to play in that level of accountability. I've never found it difficult to ensure that, within the overall structures of the United Kingdom, where broadcasting is not devolved, broadcasters recognise that they should be accountable to the Parliaments of the United Kingdom for portrayal issues and issues of content, because of the wider cultural issues that are referred to there and also the wider issues of the United Kingdom where this Parliament and other Parliaments have a right and proper interest. So, I hope that as a Minister, where I will pursue the programme of the Government, I will be not only held to account by the committees of this place, but also that we will work in a more cohesive manner in holding others to account for what they deliver to Wales. In terms of the independent media forum - and I say it's a media forum rather than simply a broadcasting forum - it's important that we do have independent voices that speak with authority, with knowledge, and speak openly about the advice that they provide to me as a Minister. I would invite all Members this afternoon to write to me with any ideas that they might have for how that forum would operate and perhaps even people they might wish to see on it - I don't know, that's a matter for you. But, certainly, it is my intention that this would operate in a wholly open and transparent way. This is not meant to be a forum that avoids difficult decisions or a forum that provides advice that would only be seen by a Minister subject to FOI request. I don't want to go down that road. What I want to see is a more open, transparent and informed debate about the future of the media in Wales. One of the things that we've seen, where many of us have discussed the role of the media in recent events and particularly in conjunction with the referendum taking place later this week - I believe that the media has an absolutely fundamental role to play in a modern, open, informed and democratic society. That means that as politicians and as electoral representatives, we have a responsibility, but also those who exercise power through the media also have responsibilities, and they need to recognise that they need to be accountable for the actions and decisions that they take. I look forward to my meeting with John Whittingdale, as Secretary of State. I will be making the points that you have outlined, and in meeting the BBC as well. I think the BBC do need to recognise that it's one thing to say that they want to increase the English language provision in Wales, but that has to be met then with the funding that ensures that that programming is delivered and that production values are enhanced and not reduced as a consequence of those financial decisions. I would probably go a little further than perhaps you've suggested in terms of some of the structural changes that are needed for the management within the BBC. Clearly, these issues are matters for the BBC and not for politicians, but I would like to see BBC Wales having levels of authority and accountability that enable decisions to be taken about the shape of BBC services in Wales and serving Wales. That doesn't simply mean deciding which programme competes with 'Coronation Street'; it affects the shape of the schedule but also the schedule itself. That is the sort of managerial decision that I would like to see, but I would also like to see a change of culture within the BBC, which I think is absolutely essential. You've mentioned ITV, Channel 4 and S4C. The points that we make about the BBC are equally true for all public service broadcasters, and it's particularly disappointing - . Your brother's, of course, a much respected, excellent journalist working for Channel 4, but we don't see much of him in Wales, unfortunately, and we would like to see more of him in Wales. Channel 4 produces some excellent news coverage, which doesn't have a regular place on mainstream broadcasting all too often, particularly on the international agenda and development issues around global development issues. But that does not mean it does not have a responsibility to the taxpayers of the United Kingdom and Wales.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, a diolch ichi am eich geiriau caredig ar ddechrau eich sylwadau. A gaf i ddweud, Bethan, fy mod wedi mwynhau'r sgyrsiau a gawsom yn y pwyllgor yn gynharach eleni, a'r llynedd hefyd? Credaf ein bod bob amser wedi canfod bod llawer o gonsensws mewn gwahanol rannau o'r Siambr hon ar ddarlledu ac ar y cyfryngau yn gyffredinol, a sut y byddai'r lle hwn yn hoffi mynd i'r afael â'r materion hynny. Cofiaf pan oeddwn yn gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Darlledu mewn Cynulliad blaenorol fod llawer iawn o gonsensws ymysg, rwyf yn credu, y pedwar neu bump ohonom ar y pwyllgor hwnnw ynglŷn â'r ffordd ymlaen, a pharhaodd y consensws hwnnw hyd at yr adroddiad a gyhoeddwyd gan Christine Chapman ychydig cyn ein hetholiad diwethaf. A gaf i ddweud hyn? Rwyf yn croesawu'n fawr iawn y cynigion i sefydlu pwyllgor yn y lle hwn i ymchwilio i'r materion hyn, i'm dwyn i fel Gweinidog i gyfrif, ond hefyd y darlledwyr, ac i sicrhau bod y dadleuon a'r trafodaethau, sydd yn rhy aml yn digwydd y tu ôl i ddrysau caeedig, yn cael eu cynnal yn gyhoeddus. Mae angen inni sicrhau bod cydbwysedd priodol rhwng yr hyn a allai gael ei ystyried, neu a fyddai'n cael ei ystyried, yn bwysau gormodol gan y Llywodraeth ar ddarlledwyr i weithredu mewn ffordd benodol, a sefydliad democrataidd yn dwyn y darlledwyr hynny i gyfrif. Felly, credaf fod swyddogaeth bwysig iawn i'r lle hwn o ran y lefel honno o atebolrwydd. Nid wyf erioed wedi ei chael yn anodd sicrhau bod darlledwyr, o fewn strwythurau cyffredinol y Deyrnas Unedig, lle nad yw darlledu wedi'i ddatganoli, yn cydnabod y dylent fod yn atebol i Seneddau'r Deyrnas Unedig o ran materion portreadu a materion sy'n ymwneud â chynnwys, oherwydd y materion diwylliannol ehangach y cyfeirir atynt yno a hefyd faterion ehangach y Deyrnas Unedig lle mae gan y Senedd hon a Seneddau eraill hawl a buddiant priodol. Felly, gobeithiaf y byddaf fel Gweinidog, pan fyddaf yn mynd ar drywydd y rhaglen lywodraethu, nid yn unig yn cael fy nal i gyfrif gan bwyllgorau'r lle hwn, ond hefyd y byddwn yn gweithio mewn modd mwy cydlynol wrth sicrhau bod pobl eraill yn atebol am yr hyn y maent yn ei ddarparu i Gymru. O ran y fforwm cyfryngau annibynnol - ac rwyf yn dweud ei fod yn fforwm cyfryngau yn hytrach na dim ond yn fforwm darlledu - mae'n bwysig bod gennym leisiau annibynnol sy'n siarad ag awdurdod, ar sail gwybodaeth, ac sy'n siarad yn agored am y cyngor y maent yn ei ddarparu i mi fel Gweinidog. Rwyf yn gwahodd pob Aelod y prynhawn yma i ysgrifennu ataf gydag unrhyw syniadau sydd ganddynt ar gyfer sut y byddai'r fforwm hwnnw'n gweithredu ac efallai hyd yn oed y bobl yr hoffent eu gweld yn rhan ohono - wn i ddim, mater i chi yw hynny. Ond, yn sicr, fy mwriad i yw y bydd hyn yn gweithredu mewn ffordd gwbl agored a thryloyw. Nid yw'n fwriad i hwn fod yn fforwm sy'n osgoi penderfyniadau anodd neu'n fforwm sy'n rhoi cyngor a fydd ddim ond yn cael ei weld gan y Gweinidog yn amodol ar gais rhyddid gwybodaeth. Nid wyf am ddilyn y trywydd hwnnw. Yr hyn yr wyf am ei weld yw trafodaeth fwy agored, a thryloyw sy'n seiliedig ar wybodaeth ynghylch dyfodol y cyfryngau yng Nghymru. Un o'r pethau yr ydym wedi ei weld, lle y bo llawer ohonom wedi bod yn trafod rhan y cyfryngau mewn digwyddiadau diweddar ac yn enwedig o ran y refferendwm sy'n digwydd yn nes ymlaen yr wythnos hon - credaf fod swyddogaeth gwbl sylfaenol i'r cyfryngau mewn cymdeithas fodern, agored, gwybodus a democrataidd. Mae hynny'n golygu fod gennym gyfrifoldeb, fel gwleidyddion ac fel cynrychiolwyr etholiadol, ond bod gan y rhai hynny sydd â grym drwy'r cyfryngau gyfrifoldebau hefyd, ac mae angen iddynt gydnabod bod angen iddynt fod yn atebol am eu gweithredoedd a'r penderfyniadau a wneir ganddynt. Edrychaf ymlaen at fy nghyfarfod â John Whittingdale, yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol. Byddaf yn nodi'r pwyntiau yr ydych wedi'u hamlinellu, ac wrth gwrdd â'r BBC hefyd. Credaf fod angen i'r BBC gydnabod mai un peth yw dweud ei bod yn awyddus i gynyddu'r ddarpariaeth Saesneg yng Nghymru, ond y mae'n rhaid cyflawni hynny gyda'r cyllid sy'n sicrhau bod y rhaglenni yn cael eu darparu a bod gwerthoedd cynhyrchu yn cael eu gwella ac nid eu cwtogi o ganlyniad i'r penderfyniadau ariannol hynny. Credaf y byddwn yn mynd ychydig ymhellach nag yr ydych efallai wedi'i awgrymu o ran rhai o'r newidiadau strwythurol sydd eu hangen ar y BBC. Yn amlwg, materion i'r BBC yw'r rhain, ac nid i wleidyddion, ond hoffwn i BBC Cymru gael lefelau o awdurdod ac atebolrwydd sy'n golygu y gellir gwneud penderfyniadau ynghylch ffurf gwasanaethau'r BBC yng Nghymru a gwasanaethu Cymru. Mae hynny'n fwy na dim ond penderfynu pa raglen sy'n cystadlu â 'Coronation Street'; mae'n effeithio ar ffurf yr amserlen ond hefyd ar yr amserlen ei hun. Dyna'r math o benderfyniad rheoli yr hoffwn ei weld, ond hoffwn hefyd weld newid diwylliant o fewn y BBC, a chredaf fod hynny'n gwbl hanfodol. Soniasoch am ITV, Channel 4 ac S4C. Mae'r pwyntiau a wnawn am y BBC yr un mor wir ar gyfer pob darlledwr gwasanaeth cyhoeddus, ac mae'n destun siom arbennig - . Mae eich brawd, wrth gwrs, yn newyddiadurwr ardderchog, uchel ei barch, sy'n gweithio i Channel 4, ond nid ydym yn gweld llawer arno yng Nghymru, yn anffodus, a hoffem weld mwy arno yng Nghymru. Mae Channel 4 yn cynhyrchu darllediadau newyddion rhagorol, nad oes lle rheolaidd iddynt yn aml ar ddarlledu prif ffrwd, yn enwedig ar yr agenda ryngwladol a materion datblygu o ran materion datblygu byd-eang. Ond nid yw hynny'n golygu nad oes ganddi gyfrifoldeb i drethdalwyr y Deyrnas Unedig a Chymru.