English: Diolch, Llywydd. Transport isn't only about getting from one place to another. Investment in transport shows where we are headed as a nation, and it is abundantly clear that the transport network in Wales is not fit for purpose. Any system whereby commuters need to go on a convoluted route via a different country in order to get to a destination in the other direction in their own country evidently needs a radical overhaul, and that is why the Plaid Cymru amendment that I'm pleased to move sets out that rail infrastructure should be devolved to ensure that Wales has a modern transport network and that we get our fair share from projects like HS2. I'll concentrate my remarks on railways in the interests of time. I've mentioned that the location of the actual tracks we have or, more importantly, perhaps, the tracks that no longer exist, is a massive problem. The comedian Elis James quipped about this on S4C, saying that he was in Pwllheli on a tour on a Friday and Bangor on a Saturday, a distance of 30 miles in the same county. He said, 'On a train, six and a half hours. Six and a half hours, 30 miles, I could forward roll it. That would be faster than the train.' It's funny, but then it also really isn't funny. So many connections that might and should exist don't, and the lack of railway connection means other societal, educational and business connections don't always happen either. It's not always possible to measure the impact of an absence, but that seems to be what we constantly need to do when it comes to quantifying the cost of a lack of investment in critical infrastructure in Wales over decades. The Labour Party can't be let off the hook entirely here. The Welsh Government was offered the control of rail by Tony Blair's Government in 2005, but reportedly, because of fears that the Government wouldn't be able to afford liabilities on the assets if there were issues after the transfer, they declined the offer. Transport expert Professor Mark Barry has described this as perhaps the biggest mistake made by a Welsh Government in the history of devolution. The Wales Governance Centre has calculated that Wales lost out on £514 million between 2011-12 and 2019-20, which we would have received had rail infrastructure been devolved. The Silk commission recommended devolving it in 2014, and it was again rejected in the flawed St David's process - so many missed chances. But, in this instance, we can quantify the cost of not doing the sensible thing. With HS2, Wales is set to lose out on a £5 billion share of funding because Westminster is depriving us of the full Barnett consequential by unreasonably classifying it as an England-and-Wales project. Let's remember, no single mile of track will be in Wales, and analysis by KPMG found that HS2 will damage Wales's economy by shifting activity to areas the line will actually serve, yet we're treated as though it benefits Wales. Scotland, where infrastructure and planning of Network Rail is devolved, will get up to £10 billion through a full Barnett consequential. I'll note in passing, Llywydd, that Scotland's railway was in better repair before devolution. It already had some electrification, whereas we only have the track between Cardiff and the Severn bridge even now in 2022. Over the past decade, we've lost out on around £600 million because relevant infrastructure is not devolved. Over the next five years, we'll lose another £300 million and a further £500 million we should be receiving in HS2 funding - all of that lost potential, like the missing tracks all over the country. We've lost £1.4 billion in rail investment over 15 years because of this flawed ideology and this stubbornness from Westminster as well in terms of how they classify projects. People in Wales pay so much more on an older stock when the same fare in other parts of Europe would get you half way across the continent in luxury. We need to build our way out of this. We need to forge those connections, but none of that, Llywydd, will be possible until rail infrastructure is devolved. So, I commend the Plaid Cymru amendment to the Senedd and I hope very much that all parties will support it.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Nid mater o fynd o un lle i'r llall yn unig yw trafnidiaeth. Mae buddsoddi mewn trafnidiaeth yn dangos i ble rydym yn mynd fel cenedl, ac mae'n gwbl glir nad yw'r rhwydwaith trafnidiaeth yng Nghymru yn addas i'r diben. Mae'n amlwg fod angen ailwampio unrhyw system lle mae angen i gymudwyr fynd ar lwybr cymhleth drwy wlad wahanol er mwyn cyrraedd cyrchfan i'r cyfeiriad arall yn eu gwlad eu hunain, a dyna pam fod y gwelliant rwy'n falch o'i gynnig gan Blaid Cymru yn nodi y dylid datganoli seilwaith rheilffyrdd i sicrhau bod gan Gymru rwydwaith trafnidiaeth modern a'n bod yn cael ein cyfran deg yn sgil prosiectau fel HS2. Rwyf am ganolbwyntio fy sylwadau ar reilffyrdd er mwyn arbed amser. Rwyf wedi sôn bod lleoliad y traciau sydd gennym neu'n bwysicach efallai, y traciau nad ydynt yn bodoli mwyach, yn broblem enfawr. Bu'r digrifwr Elis James yn cellwair am hyn ar S4C, gan ddweud ei fod ym Mhwllheli ar daith ar ddydd Gwener a Bangor ar ddydd Sadwrn, pellter o 30 milltir yn yr un sir. Dywedodd, 'Ar drên, chwe awr a hanner. Chwe awr a hanner, 30 milltir, gallwn rolio yno'n gyflymach na'r trên.' Mae'n ddoniol, ond wedyn nid yw'n ddoniol o gwbl. Mae yna gymaint o gysylltiadau a allai fodoli ac a ddylai fodoli, ac mae'r diffyg cysylltiad rheilffordd yn golygu nad yw cysylltiadau cymdeithasol, addysgol a busnes eraill bob amser yn digwydd ychwaith. Nid yw bob amser yn bosibl mesur effaith absenoldeb, ond mae'n ymddangos mai dyna sydd angen inni ei wneud yn gyson pan ddaw'n fater o fesur cost diffyg buddsoddiad mewn seilwaith hanfodol yng Nghymru dros ddegawdau. Nid yw'r Blaid Lafur yn gwbl rydd o fai yma. Cynigiwyd rheolaeth ar y rheilffyrdd i Lywodraeth Cymru gan Lywodraeth Tony Blair yn 2005, ond yn ôl y sôn, oherwydd ofnau na fyddai'r Llywodraeth yn gallu fforddio rhwymedigaethau ar yr asedau pe bai problemau ar ôl y trosglwyddiad, fe wnaethant wrthod y cynnig. Mae'r arbenigwr ar drafnidiaeth, yr Athro Mark Barry, wedi disgrifio hyn fel y camgymeriad mwyaf a wnaed gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn hanes datganoli o bosibl. Mae Canolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru wedi cyfrifo bod Cymru wedi colli £514 miliwn rhwng 2011-12 a 2019-20, y byddem wedi'i gael pe bai seilwaith y rheilffyrdd wedi'i ddatganoli. Argymhellodd comisiwn Silk ei ddatganoli yn 2014, ac fe'i gwrthodwyd eto yn y broses Dewi Sant ddiffygiol - cynifer o gyfleoedd wedi'u colli. Ond yn yr achos hwn, gallwn fesur y gost o beidio â gwneud y peth synhwyrol. Gyda HS2, bydd Cymru'n colli cyfran o £5 biliwn o gyllid am fod San Steffan yn ein hamddifadu o'r swm canlyniadol Barnett llawn drwy ei ddosbarthu'n afresymol fel prosiect i Gymru a Lloegr. Gadewch inni gofio, ni fydd un filltir o'r trac yng Nghymru, a chanfu dadansoddiad gan KPMG y bydd HS2 yn niweidio economi Cymru drwy symud gweithgarwch i ardaloedd y bydd y rheilffordd yn eu gwasanaethu, ac eto cawn ein trin fel pe bai'n mynd i fod o fudd i Gymru. Bydd yr Alban, lle mae seilwaith a chynllunio Network Rail wedi'i ddatganoli, yn cael hyd at £10 biliwn drwy swm canlyniadol Barnett llawn. Lywydd, nodaf wrth fynd heibio fod rheilffordd yr Alban mewn gwell cyflwr cyn datganoli. Roedd rhywfaint o drydaneiddio wedi digwydd yno eisoes, ond dim ond y trac rhwng Caerdydd a phont Hafren sydd gennym ni yn awr yn 2022 hyd yn oed. Dros y degawd diwethaf, rydym wedi colli tua £600 miliwn oherwydd nad yw'r seilwaith perthnasol wedi'i ddatganoli. Dros y pum mlynedd nesaf, byddwn yn colli £300 miliwn arall a £500 miliwn pellach y dylem ei gael mewn cyllid HS2 - yr holl botensial coll hwnnw, fel y traciau coll ledled y wlad. Rydym wedi colli £1.4 biliwn mewn buddsoddiad rheilffyrdd dros 15 mlynedd oherwydd yr ideoleg ddiffygiol hon ac ystyfnigrwydd San Steffan hefyd o ran sut y maent yn dosbarthu prosiectau. Mae pobl yng Nghymru yn talu cymaint mwy am stoc hŷn pan fyddai'r un pris mewn rhannau eraill o Ewrop yn eich cludo hanner ffordd ar draws y cyfandir mewn moethusrwydd. Mae angen inni adeiladu ein ffordd allan o hyn. Mae angen inni greu'r cysylltiadau hynny, ond ni fydd dim o hynny, Lywydd, yn bosibl hyd nes y caiff seilwaith rheilffyrdd ei ddatganoli. Felly, rwy'n cymeradwyo gwelliant Plaid Cymru i'r Senedd ac yn gobeithio'n fawr y bydd pob plaid yn ei gefnogi.