English: Hello - thank you, Presiding Officer, sorry. I was in a world of my own then, I was. [Laughter.] That's what comes from messing around with your computer. Leader of the house, can we have three statements please? The first is around the Government's negotiations with Ford Motor Company in relation to the engine plant in Bridgend. When the Minister responded to the urgent question, he did allude to the fact that he would be going to Detroit to speak with the headquarters management of Ford in America, who made the decision about reducing production at the Bridgend engine plant. In a written response I had back from him last week, he's indicated that he has no plans in the foreseeable future to attend any meetings in relation to Ford's international management team. I think this is a worrying concern, given the assertion that was given in response to the urgent question, and now there are no meetings planned. So, could we have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary to outline exactly how he is taking forward his negotiations to secure assurances around the long-term viability of the engine plant at Bridgend? Also, could I ask for a statement around business rates? This term, that has occupied many Members' postbags and many Members' contributions in this Chamber. We have one week left before the Christmas recess. The First Minister, in fairness, has alluded in responses to this Chamber that there might be some flexibility in the transitional moneys that have been made available from the Welsh Government - and when I talk about flexibilities, I mean increasing that amount of transitional relief that could be available to businesses. It would be very, very welcome news that if, before this institution broke up for the Christmas recess, the Government could bring forward a statement to either confirm that it is going to make progress on this matter, or to say, 'No, you've just got to put up with what you've got and that's what's coming in April'. I think businesses are at a stage now where they want certainty, however bad that certainty might be, or hopefully, however good that certainty might be, if the Government were to move on the transitional relief. The third statement, if possible, is from the Minister for health around ambulance response times. My colleague Darren Millar has highlighted on several occasions that heart and stroke 999 calls are not included in the emergency categories of the ambulance service. That is a very, very worrying situation when, if you think that, for every minute lost on a heart attack in responding to it, there's a 10 per cent decrease in the survivability of that patient. So, I would be grateful - and I can see the Cabinet Secretary chuntering away there - I would be grateful if he could put pen to paper and actually gave us a written statement to confirm whether it is the case that heart and stroke calls are not in the categorisations of urgency. Can we have that certainty from the Cabinet Secretary via a written statement before we break for Christmas?
Welsh: Helo - diolch i chi, Lywydd, mae'n ddrwg gennyf. Roeddwn i yn fy myd bach fy hun, yn y fan yna, oeddwn wir. [Chwerthin.] Dyna beth sy'n digwydd pan fyddwch chi'n chwarae o gwmpas â'ch cyfrifiadur. Arweinydd y tŷ, a gawn ni dri datganiad os gwelwch yn dda? Mae'r un cyntaf yn ymwneud â thrafodaethau'r Llywodraeth â Chwmni Moduron Ford mewn cysylltiad â'r ffatri beiriannau ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Pan ymatebodd y Gweinidog i'r cwestiwn brys, fe gyfeiriodd at y ffaith y byddai'n mynd i Detroit i siarad â phencadlys rheoli Ford yn America a wnaeth y penderfyniad i leihau cynhyrchiant yn y ffatri beiriannau ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Mewn ymateb ysgrifenedig a gefais ganddo yr wythnos diwethaf, mae wedi nodi nad oes ganddo unrhyw gynlluniau yn y dyfodol, hyd y gellir rhagweld, i fynychu unrhyw gyfarfodydd yn ymwneud â thîm rheoli rhyngwladol Ford. Rwy'n credu bod hyn yn bryder sy'n peri gofid, o ystyried yr honiad a nodwyd mewn ymateb i'r cwestiwn brys, ac erbyn hyn nid oes unrhyw gyfarfodydd wedi'u cynllunio. Felly, a gawn ni ddatganiad gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn amlinellu sut yn union y mae'n symud ymlaen â'i drafodaethau i roi sicrwydd ynglŷn â hyfywedd tymor hir y ffatri beiriannau ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr? Hefyd, a gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad ynghylch ardrethi busnes? Y tymor hwn, mae hynny wedi bod yn destun cyfraniadau yn y Siambr hon ac yn rhywbeth sydd wedi llenwi sachau post llawer o Aelodau. Mae gennym un wythnos ar ôl cyn toriad y Nadolig. Mae'r Prif Weinidog, i fod yn deg, wedi crybwyll mewn ymatebion i'r Siambr hon y gallai fod rhywfaint o hyblygrwydd o ran yr arian trosiannol sydd bellach ar gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru a, phan rwy'n sôn am hyblygrwydd, rwy'n golygu cynyddu'r swm o ryddhad trosiannol a allai fod ar gael i fusnesau. Croesewir yn fawr iawn, iawn, pe byddai'r Llywodraeth, cyn i'r sefydliad hwn fynd ar doriad dros y Nadolig, yn cyflwyno datganiad naill ai'n cadarnhau ei bod am wneud cynnydd o ran y mater hwn, neu'n dweud, na, bydd yn rhaid i chi dderbyn yr hyn sydd gennych chi a'r hyn sydd i ddod ym mis Ebrill. Rwy'n credu bod busnesau mewn sefyllfa nawr ble maen nhw eisiau sicrwydd, ni waeth ba mor ddrwg y gallai'r sicrwydd hwnnw fod, neu, gobeithio, ba mor dda y gallai'r sicrwydd hwnnw fod, pe byddai'r Llywodraeth yn gwneud cynnydd ynghylch y rhyddhad trosiannol. Gofynnir am y trydydd datganiad, os yw'n bosibl, gan y Gweinidog dros iechyd ynglŷn ag amseroedd ymateb ambiwlansys. Mae fy nghydweithiwr, Darren Millar, wedi amlygu ar sawl achlysur na chaiff galwadau 999 mewn cysylltiad â thrawiad ar y galon a strôc eu cynnwys yng nghategorïau brys y gwasanaeth ambiwlans. Mae honno'n sefyllfa sy'n peri llawer iawn iawn o ofid, os ydych chi'n meddwl, am bob munud a wastreffir wrth ymateb i alwadau ynghylch trawiadau ar y galon, y ceir gostyngiad o 10 y cant yng ngallu'r claf hwnnw i oroesi. Felly, byddwn yn ddiolchgar - ac rwy'n gallu gweld Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn parablu yn y fan yna - byddwn yn ddiolchgar pe gallai fynd ati i gyflwyno datganiad ysgrifenedig i ni er mwyn cadarnhau a yw'n wir nad ystyrir galwadau yn ymwneud â thrawiadau ar y galon a strôc mewn gwirionedd yn faterion brys. A gawn ni'r sicrwydd hwnnw gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet drwy gyfrwng datganiad ysgrifenedig cyn i ni fynd ar doriad dros y Nadolig?