English: Thanks to the Minister for his statement today. Nick Ramsay made the point that this report may well not end up being the talk of pubs and clubs throughout south Wales - throughout Wales, rather - and I think he could well be right. And I think, to a few Members here in the Chamber, it all remains a little bit mysterious, even to us. And the process by which we've arrived at having a future generations commissioner and a future trends report: it all seems to me somewhat arcane. I have read through the report today. It's a reasonably hefty report, but I struggle to find any guide in it for meaningful Government action, so I am still slightly puzzled by it all. We did have Sophie Howe, the commissioner, appearing before the equalities committee, and she was a very efficient witness before the committee. She did engage with the committee, but I feel she wasn't really there for long enough to answer all of the questions that we would have wanted to ask her and to ascertain quite how her role will influence Government action, because she is looking at covering a wide range of potential Government activity. For instance, 44 public bodies are covered by the Act. She herself - Sophie herself - talked about the difficulty of implementing legislation and the need to avoid tick-box exercises, but how are these meaningfully going to be avoided when we have public bodies that, in her own words, already feel beleaguered because of all the statutory requirements that they have to fulfil, as it is, before the future generations Act is even taken into account? Added to that, there is the fact that some of the regulations emanating from the different statutory requirements contradict others. She cited, herself, the example of the need for health boards to have three-year plans, which contradicts the future generations objective of long-term planning. So, I wonder how the Welsh Government will resolve these apparent contradictions. Looking at the practical issues that may arise from this report, there is an issue of climate change, which is referred to. Now, we know that the climate is changing. There are differences of opinion in the Chamber as to what may be causing those climate changes, but I think, on the whole, we agree that climate is changing. There is increasing desertification. The Sahara is spreading. Areas of Spain and other parts of southern Europe are becoming too arid for agriculture. Given that this is happening and there is less land likely to be available for farming, it would therefore make sense, in the UK, to hang onto our agricultural land. This is long-term planning relating to food security. Why, therefore, are we allowing councils to build on the green belt land? For instance, in the Vale of Glamorgan, there is land that has been farmed for hundreds of years that is now going over to housing. Surely long-term planning considerations should prevent building on green belt land in Wales. So, if you now have a report on the future generations that is going to be in any way meaningful, are you now going to give out advice and guidance to councils to prevent them or to warn them off from building on green belt land? That would be one practicality arising from your purported idea of having long-term planning. Other issues: automation. Thirty-five per cent of jobs - actually, I think it is 30 per cent - are predicted to be at risk in Wales due to automation. So, the working population in Wales needs therefore to be upskilled if this prediction is in any way accurate. More vocational training, I would suggest, would help. So, would you agree that we need to move away from a blanket approach to education in Wales? Do we need to look at the effectiveness, for instance, of the comprehensive school system? Driverless cars are mentioned. Now, this completely mystifies me. I know that we are supposed to be having driverless cars. Sophie Howe, when she appeared before the committee, suggested that the M4 relief road project should have taken into account the issue of driverless cars. I'm not sure what difference that will make in terms of congestion on the roads. Although we are going to have driverless cars, won't we just have the same amount of cars on the road? So, how would this actually affect anything? I am puzzled by this. Maybe you can - [Interruption.] Ah, stopping distances. Okay, there may be technical aspects that, as a non-driver - [Interruption.] Okay, thank you. There may be technical aspects I haven't taken into account, so apologies for my ignorance, but the answers would be good. Now, you also, rather amusingly, looked at the problems of futurology, and Mike Hedges came up with an example as well - you came with examples relating to horse manure and telephonists, which were quite amusing in themselves. There was also a chap in the early 1960s called Dr Beeching, who seemed to think that there would be no need for passengers to travel on the railways in a few years' time. That one turned out to be a bit wrong, didn't it? Anyway, thanks for the report. If you could cast any light on the issues I've raised I would be grateful. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Gweinidog am ei ddatganiad heddiw. Gwnaeth Nick Ramsay y pwynt ei bod yn debygol na fydd yr adroddiad hwn yn y pen draw yn cael ei drafod mewn tafarndai a chlybiau ledled y de - drwy Gymru gyfan, yn hytrach - ac rwy'n credu y gallai fod yn iawn. Ac rwy'n credu, i ychydig o Aelodau yma yn y Siambr, mae'r cyfan yn parhau i fod yn ddirgelwch, hyd yn oed i ni. Ac mae'r broses lle rydym wedi cael comisiynydd cenedlaethau'r dyfodol ac adroddiad tueddiadau'r dyfodol: mae'r cyfan yn ymddangos braidd yn gyfrinachol i mi. Rwyf wedi darllen drwy'r adroddiad heddiw. Mae'n adroddiad eithaf swmpus, ond rwy'n cael anhawster dod o hyd i unrhyw ganllawiau ynddo ar gyfer camau gweithredu ystyrlon gan y Llywodraeth, felly mae'r cyfan braidd yn ddryslyd i fi. Cawsom Sophie Howe, y comisiynydd yn ymddangos gerbron y pwyllgor cydraddoldeb, ac roedd yn dyst effeithlon iawn gerbron y pwyllgor. Ymgysylltodd â'r pwyllgor, ond rwy'n teimlo nad oedd hi yno'n ddigon hir mewn gwirionedd i ateb pob un o'r cwestiynau y byddem wedi eisiau gofyn iddi ac i ganfod yn union sut y bydd ei swyddogaeth yn dylanwadu ar gamau gweithredu'r Llywodraeth, gan ei bod yn bwriadu cwmpasu ystod eang o weithgareddau posibl y Llywodraeth. Er enghraifft, caiff 44 o gyrff cyhoeddus eu cwmpasu gan y Ddeddf. Soniodd hi ei hun - Sophie ei hun - am yr anhawster o weithredu deddfwriaeth a'r angen i osgoi ymarferion ticio blychau. Ond sut mae modd osgoi'r rhain pan fo cyrff cyhoeddus, yn ei geiriau hi i hun, eisoes yn teimlo dan warchae oherwydd yr holl ofynion statudol y mae'n rhaid iddynt eu cyflawni, cyn i Ddeddf cenedlaethau'r dyfodol gael ei chymryd i ystyriaeth hyd yn oed? Yn ychwanegol at hynny, mae'r ffaith bod rhai o'r rheoliadau sy'n deillio o'r gwahanol ofynion statudol yn groes i rai eraill. Dyfynnodd hi ei hunan yr enghraifft o'r angen i fyrddau iechyd fod â chynlluniau tair blynedd, sy'n groes i amcan cenedlaethau'r dyfodol o gynllunio hirdymor. Felly, tybed sut y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn datrys y gwrth-ddweud amlwg hwn. O edrych ar y materion ymarferol a all godi o'r adroddiad hwn, ceir y mater o newid yn yr hinsawdd, y cyfeirir ato. Nawr, rydym yn gwybod bod yr hinsawdd yn newid. Mae gwahaniaeth barn yn y Siambr ynglŷn â'r hyn a all fod yn achosi'r newidiadau hynny yn yr hinsawdd, ond rwy'n meddwl, ar y cyfan, ein bod yn cytuno bod yr hinsawdd yn newid. Ceir diffeithdiro cynyddol. Mae'r Sahara yn lledaenu. Mae ardaloedd o Sbaen a rhannau eraill o dde Ewrop yn mynd yn rhy sych ar gyfer amaethyddiaeth. O ystyried bod hyn yn digwydd a bod llai o dir yn debygol o fod ar gael i'w ffermio, byddai'n gwneud synnwyr felly, yn y DU, ein bod yn dal gafael ar ein tir amaethyddol. Mae hyn yn gynllunio hirdymor yn ymwneud â diogelu'r cyflenwad bwyd. Pam, felly, yr ydym ni'n caniatáu i gynghorau adeiladu ar dir llain las? Er enghraifft, ym Mro Morgannwg, bydd tai yn cael eu codi ar dir sydd wedi cael ei ffermio ers cannoedd o flynyddoedd. Siawns y dylai ystyriaethau cynllunio hirdymor atal unrhyw adeiladu ar dir llain las yng Nghymru. Felly, os oes gennych adroddiad ar genedlaethau'r dyfodol sy'n mynd i fod yn ystyrlon mewn unrhyw ffordd, a ydych chi nawr yn mynd i roi cyngor ac arweiniad i gynghorau i'w hatal neu i'w rhybuddio rhag adeiladu ar dir llain las? Byddai hynny'n un peth ymarferol a fyddai'n deillio o'ch syniad honedig o gael cynllunio hirdymor. Materion eraill: awtomeiddio. Rhagwelir bod tri deg pump y cant o swyddi - a dweud y gwir, rwy'n credu ei fod yn 30 y cant - mewn perygl yng Nghymru oherwydd awtomeiddio. Felly, mae angen uwchsgilio'r boblogaeth weithio yng Nghymru os yw'r broffwydoliaeth hon mewn unrhyw ffordd yn gywir. Awgrymaf y byddai mwy o hyfforddiant galwedigaethol yn helpu. Felly, a fyddech chi'n cytuno bod angen inni symud oddi wrth ddull cyffredinol o ddarparu addysg yng Nghymru? A oes angen i ni edrych ar effeithiolrwydd y system ysgolion cyfun, er enghraifft? Mae ceir heb yrrwr yn cael eu crybwyll. Nawr, mae hyn yn ddirgelwch llwyr i mi. Gwn ein bod i fod cael ceir heb yrrwr. Awgrymodd Sophie Howe, pan ymddangosodd gerbron y pwyllgor, y dylai prosiect ffordd liniaru'r M4 fod wedi ystyried mater y ceir heb yrrwr. Nid wyf yn siŵr pa wahaniaeth y bydd yn ei wneud o ran tagfeydd ar y ffyrdd. Er ein bod yn mynd i gael ceir heb yrrwr, oni fydd yr un nifer o geir ar y ffordd? Felly, sut y byddai hyn mewn gwirionedd yn effeithio ar unrhyw beth? Mae hyn yn fy nrysu i. Efallai y gallwch chi - [Torri ar draws.] A phellteroedd stopio. Iawn, efallai y bydd agweddau technegol, nad ydwyf i fel rhywun sydd ddim yn gyrru - [Torri ar draws.] Iawn, diolch. Efallai y bydd yna agweddau technegol nad wyf i wedi'u hystyried, felly ymddiheuriadau am fy anwybodaeth, ond byddai cael atebion yn beth da. Nawr, fe wnaethoch chi hefyd, yn ddoniol iawn, edrych ar broblemau darogan y dyfodol, a nododd Mike Hedges enghraifft hefyd - fe roesoch chi enghreifftiau yn ymwneud â thail ceffyl a theleffonyddion, a oedd yn eithaf doniol yn eu hunain. Roedd yna hefyd ddyn yn yr 1960au cynnar o'r enw Dr Beeching, a oedd yn tybio na fyddai unrhyw angen i deithwyr deithio ar y rheilffyrdd ymhen ychydig o flynyddoedd. Roedd hynny braidd yn anghywir, onid oedd? Beth bynnag, diolch am yr adroddiad. Pe gallech daflu unrhyw oleuni ar y materion yr wyf i wedi eu codi byddwn yn ddiolchgar. Diolch.