English: Can I thank the Minister for his statement this afternoon, and for the advance copy as well, which was appreciated? I am a bit disappointed, Minister, that you haven't brought forward a statement on the last Wednesday before half-term. Instead, I and Members had to read about it later that day in the media. But it would be useful if you could set out why you weren't able to bring forward a statement to the Senedd before the half-term period. From my perspective, people generally don't care who runs a train service, or what name is on the side of a train; they tend to care more about the service, they tend to care about whether the train is going to arrive on time, or is it going to arrive at all, are they able to get Wi-Fi, are they able to find a clean toilet or a toilet at all on the train. These are some of the issues that passengers tend to care about, rather than who is running the service. But Welsh Government's decision to take control of the operation, regardless of the right or wrongs of that, doesn't fill me with great optimism. I think of Cardiff Airport and the cost implications for the Government and the risk associated with that, and this is on a whole new level in terms of taking on the operation of rail. Now, it's the cost implications that I think we do need to have answers on, and I'm specifically thinking of the long-term costs of the decision that you've made. Putting aside the rights and wrongs, you've made the decision and there are going to be huge cost implications for not just your Government department, but across the whole of Government. When I raised this with you 10 days or two weeks ago at the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister, you said that you're going to be working through the cost implications as part of those detailed negotiations, and that when you made the oral statement in two weeks' time, which is now, you'd be able to provide us with the costs moving forward. I appreciate your statement today talks about not being able to do that at this stage, because negotiations are still going on and you're asking Members to have patience with that process because of the commercial sensitivities, but perhaps you could tell us when you will be in a position to conclude those negotiations and answer questions around the costs. Ultimately, tell us, Minister, what it is that you won't be spending money on in the future to meet the costs of this decision two weeks ago. Perhaps you could also tell us, Minister, what other options were Welsh Government and you considering before reaching this decision - what were your other thought processes? What were the other options on the table? Perhaps you could talk about those. Also, what are the Welsh Government's long-term aspirations in terms of public ownership of rail services in Wales? Is it the case that, ultimately, you believe that it will stay in public ownership and be operated by Welsh Government, or do you envisage that the operation will go back to private ownership at some time in the future? And finally, and probably back to my opening comments, really, passengers care about the implications of the service for them, so what are the implications in terms of new rolling stock and station improvements, which, of course, are what passengers and the public particularly care about?
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei ddatganiad y prynhawn yma, ac am y copi o flaen llaw hefyd yr oeddwn yn dra diolchgar amdano? Rwyf braidd yn siomedig, Gweinidog, nad ydych chi wedi cyflwyno datganiad ar y dydd Mercher olaf cyn hanner tymor. Yn hytrach, bu'n rhaid i mi ac Aelodau ddarllen amdano yn ddiweddarach y diwrnod hwnnw yn y cyfryngau. Ond byddai'n ddefnyddiol pe gallech chi ddweud pam nad oeddech chi'n gallu cyflwyno datganiad i'r Senedd cyn y cyfnod hanner tymor. O'm safbwynt i, yn gyffredinol nid yw pobl yn poeni pwy sy'n rhedeg gwasanaeth trên, na pha enw sydd ar ochr trên; maen nhw'n tueddu i boeni mwy am y gwasanaeth, maen nhw'n tueddu i boeni pa un a yw'r trên yn mynd i gyrraedd yn brydlon, neu a yw'n mynd i gyrraedd o gwbl, a fydd Wi-Fi ar gael iddyn nhw, a ydyn nhw'n gallu dod o hyd i dŷ bach glân neu dŷ bach o gwbl ar y trên. Dyma rai o'r materion y mae teithwyr yn tueddu i boeni amdanyn nhw, yn hytrach na phwy sy'n rhedeg y gwasanaeth. Ond nid yw penderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i gymryd rheolaeth dros y gweithredu, er gwell neu er gwaeth yn gwneud imi deimlo'n obeithiol iawn. Rwy'n meddwl am Faes Awyr Caerdydd a'r goblygiadau o ran cost i'r Llywodraeth a'r risg sy'n gysylltiedig â hynny, ac mae hyn ar lefel hollol newydd o ran ymgymryd â gweithredu'r rheilffyrdd. Nawr, rwy'n credu mai ar oblygiadau o ran cost y mae angen atebion yn eu cylch, ac rwy'n meddwl yn benodol am gostau hirdymor y penderfyniad yr ydych chi wedi'i wneud. Gan roi'r ddadl er gwell neu er gwaeth o'r neilltu, rydych chi wedi gwneud y penderfyniad a bydd goblygiadau enfawr o ran cost nid yn unig i adran eich Llywodraeth, ond ar draws y Llywodraeth gyfan. Pan godais hyn gyda chi 10 diwrnod neu bythefnos yn ôl yn y Pwyllgor Craffu ar Waith y Prif Weinidog, fe ddywedsoch chi y byddwch yn gweithio drwy'r goblygiadau o ran costau yn rhan o'r trafodaethau manwl hynny, a phan wnaethoch chi'r datganiad llafar ymhen pythefnos, sef nawr, y byddech chi'n gallu rhoi'r costau i ni wrth symud ymlaen. Rwy'n deall bod eich datganiad heddiw'n dweud na allwch chi wneud hynny ar hyn o bryd, oherwydd mae trafodaethau'n dal i fynd rhagddyn nhw ac rydych yn gofyn i Aelodau fod yn amyneddgar ynghylch y broses honno oherwydd y sensitifrwydd masnachol, ond efallai y gallech chi ddweud wrthym ni pryd y byddwch chi mewn sefyllfa i gwblhau'r trafodaethau hynny ac ateb cwestiynau am y costau. Yn y pen draw, dywedwch wrthym ni, Gweinidog, am yr hyn na fyddwch chi'n gwario arian arno yn y dyfodol i dalu costau'r penderfyniad hwn bythefnos yn ôl. Efallai y gallech chi ddweud wrthym ni hefyd, Gweinidog, pa ddewisiadau eraill yr oedd Llywodraeth Cymru a chithau'n eu hystyried cyn dod i'r penderfyniad hwn - beth arall oedd yn mynd drwy eich meddwl? Beth oedd y dewisiadau eraill ar y bwrdd? Efallai y gwnewch chi siarad am y rheini. Hefyd, beth yw dyheadau hirdymor Llywodraeth Cymru o ran perchnogaeth gyhoeddus ar wasanaethau rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru? A yw'n wir eich bod, yn y pen draw, yn credu y bydd yn parhau i fod mewn perchnogaeth gyhoeddus ac yn cael ei weithredu gan Lywodraeth Cymru, neu yn hytrach a ydych yn rhagweld y bydd y gweithredu yn dychwelyd i ddwylo preifat ryw bryd yn y dyfodol? Ac yn olaf, a dychweled at fy sylwadau agoriadol, mewn gwirionedd, mae teithwyr yn poeni am oblygiadau'r gwasanaeth iddyn nhw, felly beth yw'r goblygiadau o ran cerbydau newydd a gwelliannau i orsafoedd, sef, wrth gwrs, yr hyn y mae teithwyr a'r cyhoedd yn poeni amdanyn nhw'n benodol?