English: Can I thank Russell George for his contribution and his questions and first of all agree entirely that cross-party support on this very important issue should be maintained during the current election period? I'll come to the degree of engagement that we've had with the UK Government in a moment, but I can say that the discussion that took place this morning with Tata was very constructive. I was able to ascertain more detail, but I'm afraid I cannot give a site-by-site specific assessment of the impact of the announcement because, as I identified in my statement, the work that will be undertaken in the coming three months will be based on functions rather than sites. As soon as the data concerning the functions is available, Tata will then be able to provide an update on how this impacts on each of the sites, and I expect that to be around February of next year, and, as I said, Dirprwy Lywydd, from February of next year through to March of 2021, there will be the implementation stage for this transformation programme. I think it's only right to state at this point that Tata have also given me assurance that they will honour the memorandum of understanding with trade unions, and that as a consequence, they will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies. Now, we know, from the fact that the majority of the jobs will be office-based, that in terms of the announcement that had already been made regarding Orb, the jobs that are blue collar in Orb could still be - or the people who are occupying blue-collar jobs in Orb could still be transferred to other opportunities within the Tata family along the M4 corridor, and I have asked for my officials to continue discussing this and the transformation programme more widely with Tata over the coming weeks and months. In terms of the round-table discussion that was due to take place last month, whilst it's true that UK Steel cancelled the meeting, they did so out of frustration, a frustration that, unfortunately, the Secretary of State was not able to attend for the full meeting, and so I have every sympathy for UK Steel. It's absolutely vital at this incredibly challenging time that every single Government puts its weight behind a collective effort to deal with the challenges that the sector faces. That said, Dirprwy Lywydd, I did have a very constructive meeting myself, on a bilateral basis, with the Secretary of State just last month, and I suggested to the Secretary of State that it would be advantageous for us to share, where possible, human resource of our two Governments, and I was very pleased that the Secretary of State agreed that this was a good idea and we're now progressing with just that. I think on two fronts - one the future of steel, the other the future of the automotive sector - our Governments need to be working very closely together and I expect our officials to do so. Tata did talk in their statement about the carbon-neutral future for steel producing and Russell George rightly asked what sort of support may be available from the Welsh Government with regard to this. Through our economic action plan, we have now created the new lens for assessing bids for grant funding and one of those calls concerns decarbonisation. I think that if we can dovetail opportunities from the UK industrial strategy and the Welsh Government's economic action plan, we can support Tata's endeavour to achieve carbon-neutral steel production, but in order to maximise those opportunities within the UK industrial strategy, we need, with urgency, a steel sector deal to be completed. And in terms of other support that may be available, other means that may be available to provide opportunities to Tata and other steel producers in Wales, well, the city deal in Swansea bay is one obvious means of supporting the sector, and also, as Russell George identified, major infrastructure programmes. And as a consequence of the Welsh Government being the first signatory of the UK steel charter, it is clear that the Welsh Government is committed to ensuring that as much Welsh steel as possible is utilised for major infrastructure projects as is possible. And within the Wales infrastructure investment plan, which was just published this month, there are significant projects that could utilise Welsh-produced steel, and I expect Tata to be able to take advantage of the public purse and the procurement opportunities that are now available to it.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Russell George am ei gyfraniad a'i gwestiynau? Yn gyntaf oll, rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr y dylai cefnogaeth drawsbleidiol ar y mater pwysig iawn hwn gael ei gynnal yn ystod cyfnod yr etholiad presennol? Byddaf i'n dod at lefel yr ymgysylltu â Llywodraeth y DU mewn munud, ond gallaf ddweud bod y drafodaeth a gynhaliwyd y bore yma gyda Tata yn adeiladol iawn. Llwyddais i ganfod mwy o fanylion, ond mae arnaf i ofn na allaf roi asesiad penodol fesul safle o effaith y cyhoeddiad, oherwydd, fel y dywedais yn fy natganiad, bydd y gwaith a gaiff ei wneud yn y tri mis nesaf yn seiliedig ar swyddogaethau yn hytrach na safleoedd. Cyn gynted ag y bydd y data ynghylch y swyddogaethau ar gael, gall Tata wedyn roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y modd y mae hyn yn effeithio ar bob un o'r safleoedd, ac rwy'n disgwyl i hynny fod tua mis Chwefror y flwyddyn nesaf. Ac fel y dywedais, Dirprwy Lywydd, o fis Chwefror y flwyddyn nesaf hyd at fis Mawrth 2021, bydd y cyfnod gweithredu ar gyfer y rhaglen drawsnewid hon yn cael ei roi ar waith. Rwy'n credu ei bod yn briodol dweud nawr bod Tata hefyd wedi rhoi sicrwydd imi y bydd yn anrhydeddu'r memorandwm cyd-ddealltwriaeth ag undebau llafur ac y byddan nhw, o ganlyniad, yn ceisio osgoi diswyddiadau gorfodol. Nawr, rydym ni'n gwybod, o'r ffaith y bydd y rhan fwyaf o'r swyddi wedi'u lleoli mewn swyddfeydd, o ran y cyhoeddiad a wnaed eisoes ynglŷn ag Orb, y gallai'r swyddi sy'n goler las yn Orb dal i fod - neu y gallai'r bobl sy'n gweithio mewn swyddi coler las yn Orb dal i gael eu trosglwyddo i gyfleoedd eraill o fewn y teulu Tata ar hyd coridor yr M4. Rwyf wedi gofyn i'm swyddogion barhau i drafod hyn a'r rhaglen drawsnewid yn ehangach gyda Tata yn ystod yr wythnosau a'r misoedd nesaf. O ran y drafodaeth bwrdd crwn a oedd fod digwydd fis diwethaf, er ei bod yn wir fod UK Steel wedi canslo'r cyfarfod, gwnaed hynny allan o rwystredigaeth, rhwystredigaeth na allai'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol, yn anffodus, fod yn bresennol ar gyfer y cyfarfod llawn, ac felly mae gennyf i bob cydymdeimlad â UK Steel. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol ar yr adeg eithriadol o heriol hon bod pob Llywodraeth yn rhoi ei phwysau y tu ôl i gyd-ymdrech i ymdrin â'r heriau sy'n wynebu'r sector. Wedi dweud hynny, Dirprwy Lywydd, cefais gyfarfod adeiladol iawn fy hun, ar sail ddwyochrog, gyda'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol fis yn unig yn ôl, ac awgrymais i i'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol y byddai o fantais inni rannu, lle bo hynny'n bosibl, adnoddau dynol ein dwy Lywodraeth. Ac roeddwn i'n falch iawn bod yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol wedi cytuno bod hwn yn syniad da ac rydym ni bellach yn bwrw ymlaen â hynny. Rwy'n meddwl am ddau reswm - un yw dyfodol dur, a'r llall yw dyfodol y sector modurol - mae angen i'n llywodraethau ni weithio'n agos iawn gyda'i gilydd a disgwyliaf i'n swyddogion wneud hynny. Fe wnaeth Tata siarad yn ei ddatganiad am y dyfodol carbon-niwtral ar gyfer cynhyrchu dur ac roedd Russell George yn iawn i ofyn pa fath o gymorth a all fod ar gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru o ran hyn. Drwy ein cynllun gweithredu economaidd, rydym bellach wedi creu'r lens newydd ar gyfer asesu ceisiadau am arian grant ac mae un o'r gofynion hynny'n ymwneud â datgarboneiddio. Yn fy marn i, os gallwn gydblethu cyfleoedd o strategaeth ddiwydiannol y DU a chynllun gweithredu economaidd Llywodraeth Cymru, gallwn gefnogi ymdrech Tata i gynhyrchu dur carbon-niwtral. Ond er mwyn gwneud y gorau o'r cyfleoedd hynny o fewn strategaeth ddiwydiannol y DU, mae angen dod i gytundeb sector dur ar frys. Ac o ran cymorth arall a all fod ar gael, dulliau eraill a all fod ar gael i ddarparu cyfleoedd i Tata a chynhyrchwyr dur eraill yng Nghymru, wel, mae'r fargen ddinesig ym Mae Abertawe yn un ffordd amlwg o gefnogi'r sector, a hefyd, fel y nododd Russell George, raglenni seilwaith mawr. Ac o ganlyniad i'r ffaith mai Llywodraeth Cymru oedd y gyntaf i lofnodi siarter dur y DU, mae'n amlwg bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo i sicrhau bod cymaint o ddur Cymru â phosib yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer prosiectau seilwaith mawr. Ac o fewn y cynllun buddsoddi yn seilwaith Cymru, a gyhoeddwyd y mis hwn, mae yna brosiectau sylweddol a allai ddefnyddio dur sy'n cael ei gynhyrchu yng Nghymru, a disgwyliaf i Tata allu manteisio ar y pwrs cyhoeddus a'r cyfleoedd caffael sydd bellach ar gael iddo.