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English: The first item on our agenda this afternoon is questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport, and the first question is from Paul Davies.
Welsh: Yr eitem gyntaf ar ein hagenda ni y prynhawn yma yw'r cwestiynau i Weinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth, ac mae'r cwestiwn cyntaf gan Paul Davies.
English: Via Superfast Cymru, we have provided over 111,350 premises across west Wales with average broadband speeds of 82 Mbps, investing over £32.3 million. Our successor scheme will provide connectivity to a further 1,348 premises, alongside support from Access Broadband Cymru and the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. And a new community fund is also being developed.
Welsh: Drwy Cyflymu Cymru, rydym wedi darparu band eang ar gyflymder cyfartalog o 82 Mbps i dros 111,350 o safleoedd ledled gorllewin Cymru, gan fuddsoddi dros £32.3 miliwn. Bydd ein cynllun olynol yn darparu cysylltedd i 1,348 o safleoedd eraill, ynghyd â chefnogaeth gan Allwedd Band Eang Cymru a'r Cynllun Talebau Band Eang Gigabid. Ac mae cronfa gymunedol newydd yn cael ei datblygu hefyd.
English: I appreciate that response from the Deputy Minister. I've previously raised the situation faced by the people of Mynachlog-ddu in my constituency, who, unfortunately, experience a slow and intermittent broadband service, coupled with stranded technology where wires are effectively hanging on poles. As the Deputy Minister will know, Pembrokeshire is currently twentieth out of the 22 local authorities when it comes to the number of premises in Wales where broadband infrastructure operators are present. I appreciate that the Welsh Government has launched a £10 million rural broadband fund recently. So, can I ask the Deputy Minister how he intends to ensure that this funding reaches counties like Pembrokeshire, and when will that much needed funding be delivered so that communities like Mynachlog-ddu can be confident that their situation is being addressed?
Welsh: Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi'r ymateb hwnnw gan y Dirprwy Weinidog. Rwyf eisoes wedi codi'r sefyllfa sy'n wynebu pobl Mynachlog-ddu yn fy etholaeth, sydd, yn anffodus, yn cael gwasanaeth band eang araf ac ysbeidiol, ynghyd â thechnoleg segur lle mae gwifrau'n hongian ar bolion i bob pwrpas. Fel y gŵyr y Dirprwy Weinidog, ar hyn o bryd, Sir Benfro yw'r ugeinfed o'r 22 awdurdod lleol o ran nifer y safleoedd yng Nghymru lle mae gweithredwyr seilwaith band eang yn bresennol. Rwy'n deall bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi lansio cronfa band eang gwledig gwerth £10 miliwn yn ddiweddar. Felly, a gaf fi ofyn i'r Dirprwy Weinidog sut y mae'n bwriadu sicrhau bod y cyllid hwn yn cyrraedd siroedd fel Sir Benfro, a phryd y bydd yr arian mawr ei angen hwnnw'n cael ei ddarparu fel y gall cymunedau fel Mynachlog-ddu fod yn hyderus fod eu sefyllfa'n cael sylw?
English: I agree with you, Minister, that Paul Davies would be better off asking his masters from Westminster about having some money here to fund something that they are ultimately responsible for. And the other thing, of course, is, because we have, the Welsh Government have had to invest money in a non-devolved area, they will be asking us for funds for something else that is devolved, and we've had to use our funds to fill in the gap that they've refused to fill. But there's another gap that is potentially coming along the way, and there has been significant EU money invested in delivering superfast broadband. So, I think the other question is: where and how sure are you that we are going to have access to those funds in the future, through your good offices, assuming that you've had those conversations with Westminster? And I'm also assuming, since Paul Davies is so concerned about it, that he's had those conversations as well.
Welsh: Rwy'n cytuno â chi, Weinidog, y byddai'n well pe bai Paul Davies yn gofyn i'w feistri yn San Steffan am rywfaint o arian yma i ariannu rhywbeth y maent yn gyfrifol amdano yn y pen draw. A'r peth arall, wrth gwrs, gan y bu'n rhaid i ni, Lywodraeth Cymru, fuddsoddi arian mewn maes heb ei ddatganoli, yw y byddant yn gofyn i ni am arian ar gyfer rhywbeth arall sydd wedi'i ddatganoli, ac rydym wedi gorfod defnyddio ein harian i lenwi'r bwlch y maent wedi gwrthod ei lenwi. Ond mae bwlch posibl arall ar y gorwel, ac mae llawer iawn o arian yr UE wedi'i fuddsoddi mewn darparu band eang cyflym iawn. Felly, credaf mai'r cwestiwn arall yw: ble a pha mor siŵr rydych chi y bydd modd i ni gael mynediad at y cronfeydd hynny yn y dyfodol, drwy eich swyddfeydd, gan gymryd eich bod wedi cael y sgyrsiau hynny â San Steffan? Ac rwy'n cymryd hefyd, gan fod Paul Davies yn poeni cymaint am y mater, ei fod yntau wedi cael y sgyrsiau hynny hefyd.
English: Thank you very much. Joyce Watson is absolutely right to point out the European dimension to this, because the £200 million that we invested in Superfast Cymru was a combination of UK Government funding, European funding, and Welsh Government funding. So there was a contribution from the UK Government, but it took the Welsh Government's leadership to put that package together, and deploy that money, and manage that money, in an area that should have been done from Westminster. And now, as we look forward to what happens after we're outside of the EU, there remains a gap. We're currently carrying out an open market review, which allows us to gather information about the plans of commercial providers for future roll-out. And through that, we will then have an accurate picture of where the gaps remain. We'll be working with the UK Government to make sure we can marshal and draw down the investment to fill those gaps. But as I repeat, it does take the leadership of the UK Government to step into that space in a non-devolved area to bring the investment and make it happen, and not simply rely on us to make it so.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn. Mae Joyce Watson yn llygad ei lle yn tynnu sylw at y dimensiwn Ewropeaidd yn hyn, gan fod y £200 miliwn a fuddsoddwyd gennym yn Cyflymu Cymru yn gyfuniad o gyllid Llywodraeth y DU, cyllid Ewropeaidd, a chyllid Llywodraeth Cymru. Felly cafwyd cyfraniad gan Lywodraeth y DU, ond bu'n rhaid dibynnu ar arweinyddiaeth Llywodraeth Cymru er mwyn rhoi'r pecyn hwnnw at ei gilydd, a defnyddio'r arian hwnnw, a rheoli'r arian hwnnw, mewn maes a ddylai fod wedi'i wneud o San Steffan. A bellach, wrth i ni edrych at yr hyn sy'n digwydd ar ôl i ni adael yr UE, mae bwlch yno o hyd. Ar hyn o bryd, rydym yn cynnal adolygiad o'r farchnad agored, sy'n ein galluogi i gasglu gwybodaeth am gynlluniau darparwyr masnachol i'w cyflwyno yn y dyfodol. A thrwy hynny, bydd gennym ddarlun cywir wedyn o ble mae bylchau'n parhau. Byddwn yn gweithio gyda Llywodraeth y DU i sicrhau ein bod yn gallu rheoli a denu'r buddsoddiad i lenwi'r bylchau hynny. Ond dywedaf eto, mae angen i arweinyddiaeth Llywodraeth y DU gamu i'r bwlch hwnnw mewn maes heb ei ddatganoli er mwyn darparu'r buddsoddiad a gwneud i hynny ddigwydd, yn hytrach na dibynnu arnom ni i wneud hynny.
English: Yes. We have created a special taskforce group to investigate the issues around pavement parking and decide on how best to implement a solution to this problem. The group is due to report on its findings in June of this year.
Welsh: Gwnaf. Rydym wedi creu grŵp tasglu arbennig i ymchwilio i'r materion sy'n ymwneud â pharcio ar balmentydd a phenderfynu ar y ffordd orau o weithredu ateb i'r broblem hon. Disgwylir i'r grŵp adrodd ar ei ganfyddiadau ym mis Mehefin eleni.
English: I've had concerns, via e-mail and letter, from constituents who are concerned about pavement parking. Many new housing developments are being constructed with very narrow carriageways and insufficient space for cars. That applies to the Cwm Calon Redrow development in my constituency, which is a relatively new development, and people have no choice, because of the bad design by Redrow, but to park on the pavements. One particular issue that any further steps need to consider also is the issue of contractors and trades vehicles that people are driving home from work. These have caused significant obstructions in various different parts of my constituency, and I think it's a planning as much as it is a transport issue, which needs to be addressed. I feel the way forward, following the task group, would be to examine how further consultation will happen, and residents must be included in that, but also developers too. So, can you tell me, once the task group reports, what will be the further plans and how will that then be taken forward?
Welsh: Mynegwyd pryderon i mi, mewn e-byst a llythyrau, gan etholwyr sy'n poeni am barcio ar balmentydd. Mae llawer o ddatblygiadau tai newydd yn cael eu hadeiladu gyda cherbytffyrdd cul iawn a heb ddigon o le i geir. Mae hynny'n wir mewn perthynas ag un o ddatblygiadau Redrow yn fy etholaeth, Cwm Calon, sy'n ddatblygiad cymharol newydd, ac nid oes gan bobl unrhyw ddewis ond parcio ar y palmentydd oherwydd cynllunio gwael ar ran Redrow. Un mater penodol y mae'n rhaid i unrhyw gamau pellach ei ystyried hefyd yw cerbydau contractwyr a cherbydau gwaith y mae pobl yn eu gyrru adref o'r gwaith. Mae'r rhain wedi achosi rhwystrau sylweddol mewn gwahanol rannau o fy etholaeth, a chredaf ei fod yn fater cynllunio lawn cymaint â mater trafnidiaeth, ac mae angen mynd i'r afael ag ef. Rwy'n teimlo mai'r ffordd ymlaen, yn dilyn y grŵp gorchwyl, fyddai archwilio sut y bydd gwaith ymgynghori pellach yn mynd rhagddo, ac mae'n rhaid cynnwys preswylwyr yn y gwaith hwnnw, a datblygwyr hefyd. Felly, a allwch ddweud wrthyf, pan fydd y grŵp gorchwyl yn adrodd, beth fydd y cynlluniau pellach a sut y bydd hynny'n cael ei ddatblygu wedyn?
English: Can I add my voice to that of Hefin? I think we've all had casework as well as observing really poor practice. I commend Living Streets Cymru, which commissioned a research survey of over 1,000 people - so that's a lot of people in Wales - and that found that 83 per cent of respondents favoured banning pavement parking. Now, I know, in practice, that would create some problems, particularly in those areas that have been so badly designed that there's little option but to park on the pavement or on part of the pavement, but the basic principle should be that you should not obstruct pavements. What on earth are parents with pushchairs or people who are wheelchair-dependent, or just pedestrians, supposed to do? This is not the way we should be conducting the design of new urban spaces. But it's a long-standing problem in many areas where people really don't have to park on the pavement, but they do so because then it allows traffic to flow in urban areas both ways. Sometimes, we should see that queuing traffic as part of traffic control, and you don't have a right to race through at any speed just to get from A to B. The pedestrian ought to start to be king here.
Welsh: A gaf fi gytuno â Hefin? Credaf fod pob un ohonom wedi gwneud gwaith achos yn ogystal â gweld arferion gwael iawn. Hoffwn ganmol Living Streets Cymru, a gomisiynodd arolwg ymchwil o dros 1,000 o bobl - felly llawer o bobl yng Nghymru - a ganfu fod 83 y cant o'r ymatebwyr o blaid gwahardd parcio ar balmentydd. Nawr, yn ymarferol, gwn y byddai hynny'n creu problemau, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd sydd wedi'u cynllunio mor wael fel nad oes fawr o ddewis ond parcio ar y palmant neu ar ran o'r palmant, ond dylai peidio â rhwystro palmentydd fod yn egwyddor sylfaenol. Beth ar y ddaear y mae rhieni â phramiau neu bobl sy'n ddibynnol ar gadeiriau olwyn, neu gerddwyr, hyd yn oed, i fod i'w wneud? Nid dyma'r ffordd y dylem fod yn dylunio mannau trefol newydd. Ond mae'n broblem ers amser maith mewn sawl ardal lle nad oes yn rhaid i bobl barcio ar y palmant mewn gwirionedd, ond maent yn gwneud hynny gan fod hynny wedyn yn caniatáu i draffig lifo'r ddwy ffordd mewn ardaloedd trefol. Weithiau, dylem ystyried ciw traffig fel rhan o reolaeth draffig, ac nid oes gennych hawl i rasio drwodd ar ba gyflymder bynnag er mwyn mynd o A i B. Y cerddwr ddylai fod bwysicaf yn y cyswllt hwn.
English: I thank David Melding for that. As well as commending Living Streets for their research, I would have hoped that he would have commended the Welsh Government for taking action in this area. We are working closely with Living Streets. As I say, he's highlighted some of the complexities that are involved in introducing a ban, and we are going to work through those. Because the current legislation available is a complex mix of criminal and civil sanctions. So, it will take time to decide what is the best option to proceed with this for Wales, but I hope to keep Members informed over the coming months and provide some briefings about how exactly we intend to do that. But as I say, we need to see this as part of the broader suite of measures we have, alongside 20 mph speed limits, to start bringing about modal shift and addressing the dominance the car has in our society, but that'll only work if we give people alternatives as well.
Welsh: Diolch i David Melding. Yn ogystal â chanmol Living Streets am eu hymchwil, buaswn wedi gobeithio y byddai wedi canmol Llywodraeth Cymru am gymryd camau yn y maes hwn. Rydym yn gweithio'n agos gyda Living Streets. Fel y dywedaf, mae wedi tynnu sylw at rai o'r cymhlethdodau sy'n gysylltiedig â chyflwyno gwaharddiad, a byddwn yn mynd i'r afael â'r rheini. Oherwydd mae'r ddeddfwriaeth gyfredol yn gymysgedd cymhleth o sancsiynau troseddol a sifil. Felly, bydd yn cymryd amser i benderfynu beth yw'r dewis gorau er mwyn bwrw ymlaen â hyn i Gymru, ond rwy'n gobeithio parhau i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Aelodau dros y misoedd nesaf a darparu sesiynau briffio ynglŷn â sut yn union y bwriadwn wneud hynny. Ond fel y dywedaf, mae angen inni ystyried hyn yn rhan o'r gyfres ehangach o fesurau sydd gennym, ynghyd â therfynau cyflymder 20 mya, i ddechrau sicrhau newid moddol a mynd i'r afael â thra-arglwyddiaeth y car yn ein cymdeithas, ond ni fydd hynny'n gweithio oni bai ein bod yn rhoi dewisiadau amgen i bobl hefyd.
English: I'm grateful this matter has been raised because there's another issue in Caerphilly that I'm sure that you'll be aware of, where local residents are unable to park and it's in Bryn Heol in Bedwas, where the residents have just been left exasperated by Caerphilly County Borough Council's indecision or the lack of any action to deal with the problem. They're told they can't park outside their houses on the street, but they also can't park on the pavement for obvious reasons. And the council had announced that they were going to be taking action to help them, but then they've withdrawn from doing that. So, obviously, whilst I completely support what the Government is doing in terms of its ambition to ban pavement parking, would the Deputy Minister agree with me that, in order for this to work, appropriate parking spaces have to be provided by local authorities so that residents can park safely outside their own homes?
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar fod y mater hwn wedi'i godi gan fod mater arall yng Nghaerffili y byddwch yn ymwybodol ohono, rwy'n siŵr, lle nad yw preswylwyr lleol yn gallu parcio, sef ym Mryn Heol ym Medwas, lle mae'r preswylwyr wedi cael llond bol ar ddiffyg penderfyniadau gan Gyngor Bwrdeistref Sir Caerffili neu ddiffyg unrhyw gamau i fynd i'r afael â'r broblem. Dywedir wrthynt na allant barcio y tu allan i'w tai ar y stryd, ond ni allant barcio ar y palmant chwaith, am resymau amlwg. Ac roedd y cyngor wedi cyhoeddi y byddent yn rhoi camau ar waith i'w helpu, ond maent wedi tynnu'n ôl o wneud hynny. Felly, yn amlwg, er fy mod yn llwyr gefnogi'r hyn y mae'r Llywodraeth yn ei wneud o ran ei huchelgais i wahardd parcio ar balmentydd, a fyddai'r Dirprwy Weinidog yn cytuno â mi, er mwyn i hyn weithio, fod yn rhaid i awdurdodau lleol ddarparu lleoedd parcio priodol fel y gall preswylwyr barcio'n ddiogel y tu allan i'w cartrefi eu hunain?
English: I think we shouldn't knock local authorities here because they are in a very difficult position. The problem at heart is the number of cars many of us now own. And the streets simply were not designed to cater for the volume of vehicles that are trying to squeeze into a street that was designed for the horse and cart. So, it's not simply a case of providing extra land for more car parking, because where will that end? And is this the best use of land in our community - providing it for cars? Surely the real answer is to try and give people alternatives so that they don't need to own multiple cars in their households, and there are other ways to move around. I think the advent of electric cars and driverless cars, where cars are far less likely to be owned, they're more likely to be leased and shared because the capital costs will be so high - it will be on-demand, responsive transport, and this is only 15 to 20 years away. So, technology does offer us some solution here. In the short term, councils do have a very difficult problem of trying to arbitrate between these conflicting demands that people have to want to park as closely as possible to where they live. I think we need to give them a set of tools where they can use their judgment of what's right for their communities, but also send the very clear signal that parking willy-nilly where they want when that's blocking people with pushchairs and disabilities from getting around isn't on.
Welsh: Ni chredaf y dylem ladd ar awdurdodau lleol yma gan eu bod mewn sefyllfa anodd iawn. Y broblem, yn y bôn, yw nifer y ceir y mae llawer ohonom bellach yn berchen arnynt. Ac yn syml, ni ddyluniwyd y strydoedd i ddarparu ar gyfer nifer y cerbydau sy'n ceisio gwasgu i mewn i stryd a gynlluniwyd ar gyfer ceffyl a throl. Felly, mae hyn yn fwy na mater o ddarparu mwy o dir i geir gael parcio, oherwydd lle fydd pen draw hynny? Ac ai dyma'r defnydd gorau o dir yn ein cymuned - ei ddarparu ar gyfer ceir? Does bosibl nad yr ateb go iawn yw ceisio rhoi dewisiadau amgen i bobl fel nad oes angen i aelwydydd fod yn berchen ar fwy nag un car, a bod ffyrdd eraill o fynd o le i le. Credaf fod dyfodiad ceir trydan a cheir di-yrrwr, lle mae ceir yn llawer llai tebygol o fod yn eiddo i rhywun, maent yn fwy tebygol o gael eu prydlesu a'u rhannu gan y bydd y costau cyfalaf mor uchel - bydd yn gludiant ymatebol ar alw, a dim ond 15 i 20 mlynedd i ffwrdd yw hyn. Felly, mae technoleg yn cynnig rhyw lun o ateb i ni y hyn o beth. Yn y tymor byr, mae gan gynghorau broblem anodd iawn wrth geisio cymrodeddu rhwng galwadau sy'n gwrthdaro gan bobl sy'n awyddus i barcio mor agos â phosibl i'w cartref. Credaf fod angen i ni roi set o arfau iddynt lle gallant ddefnyddio eu crebwyll o ran yr hyn sy'n iawn i'w cymunedau, ac anfon neges glir iawn hefyd nad yw'n dderbyniol iddynt barcio ble y mynnant pryd y mynnant pan fo hynny'n rhwystro pobl â phramiau ac anableddau rhag symud o gwmpas.
English: Absolutely, and I'm sure that the Member would welcome the fact that, as a consequence of the hard work by businesses and organisations and, of course, the Welsh Government, we have now achieved the lowest ever rate of unemployment in Wales, the lowest level since records began, just 3 per cent lower than the UK average of 3.8 per cent. Moreover, I'm sure the Member will welcome the fact that gross value added and GVA per head in Wales is growing faster than at the UK level and that we have a higher business birthrate in Wales than the UK.
Welsh: Yn sicr, ac rwy'n siŵr y byddai'r Aelod yn croesawu'r ffaith ein bod, o ganlyniad i'r gwaith caled gan fusnesau a sefydliadau, ac wrth gwrs, Llywodraeth Cymru, bellach wedi cyflawni'r gyfradd ddiweithdra isaf erioed yng Nghymru, y lefel isaf ers dechrau cadw cofnodion, 3 y cant yn is na chyfartaledd y DU, sef 3.8 y cant. Yn ychwanegol at hynny, rwy'n siŵr y bydd yr Aelod yn croesawu'r ffaith bod gwerth ychwanegol gros a gwerth ychwanegol gros y pen yng Nghymru yn tyfu'n gyflymach na lefel y DU a bod gennym gyfradd uwch na'r DU o fusnesau yn dechrau yng Nghymru.
English: Thank you for your answer, Minister. My question was specifically about businesses having good value for money when it comes to Welsh Government support. Following the work looking at the Welsh Government's financial support for business, the Public Accounts Committee, of course, questioned the Welsh Government's support for business and has said that it is concerning and unacceptable that the Welsh Government has failed to fulfil its own commitment to report publicly on its progress in delivering its previous economic strategy. The committee was, I think, fairly scathing in saying that the failure has hindered accountability and effective scrutiny by this Senedd. So, I do wonder if the failure is because your Government is embarrassed by its record on the delivery of the economy over the last 20 years. And for the sake of accountability and transparency, can you outline what specific steps that you will be taking in the future to report on the outputs achieved each year by the Welsh Government's business support activities?
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb, Weinidog. Roedd fy nghwestiwn yn ymwneud yn benodol â gwerth da am arian mewn perthynas â chymorth Llywodraeth Cymru i fusnesau. Yn dilyn y gwaith a edrychai ar gymorth ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru i fusnesau, mae'r Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus, wrth gwrs, wedi cwestiynu cefnogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru i fusnesau ac wedi dweud ei bod yn destun pryder ac yn annerbyniol fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi methu cyflawni ei hymrwymiad ei hun i adrodd yn gyhoeddus ar ei chynnydd yn cyflawni ei strategaeth economaidd flaenorol. Roedd y pwyllgor yn eithaf deifiol, yn fy marn i, pan ddywedodd fod y methiant wedi rhwystro atebolrwydd a chraffu effeithiol gan y Senedd hon. Felly, tybed a yw'r methiant yn deillio o embaras eich Llywodraeth ynglŷn â'i chyflawniad ar yr economi dros yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf. Ac er atebolrwydd a thryloywder, a allwch amlinellu pa gamau penodol y byddwch yn eu cymryd yn y dyfodol i adrodd ar yr allbynnau a gyflawnir bob blwyddyn gan weithgarwch cymorth busnes Llywodraeth Cymru?