English: But, just to go back to what this debate is actually all about, the wilding of the hills of Wales, following on from the EU habitats directive, has caused a catastrophic increase in most predators, and declines towards extinction of some species, and particularly vulnerable ones. Leaving the EU does give us an opportunity to improve the environment of the uplands and gives power to this Assembly to take a very different approach to the one that has been adopted hitherto. The Cabinet Secretary did refer to the opportunities that this gives to Wales to design an agricultural policy that suits the specific climatic and topographical problems of our upland areas in particular. In the course of her speech she described the current common agricultural policy and the basic payments scheme as a very blunt instrument, and indeed it is. I fully agree with her on that. The one-size-fits-all policy for agriculture for the whole of Europe does ignore many important elements in the agricultural regime here in Wales, and I applaud her words in saying that she wants to introduce more freedoms for farmers to increase productivity and run their businesses in a more productive way. That seems to me to be a very good point to make, rather than the usual party political dogfight points about exports of lamb, and so on and so forth, and I'll deal with what Llyr Gruffydd says about that next. Yes, of course, we know that about a third of Welsh output of lamb is exported to the EU. Two thirds is consumed within the United Kingdom, so let's keep this in perspective. The farming sector itself as a proportion of the national income is quite small. Total exports of lamb from the United Kingdom amount to about £300 million a year. We're not dealing with large figures here. Insofar as there are going to be transitional problems for sheep farmers, then they can easily be dealt with within the budgets that will become available as a result of leaving the EU because there will be a Brexit dividend, as we know. Instead of subsidising farmers in other parts of Europe, we can now subsidise farmers within the United Kingdom, and in particular within Wales, and it will be the Welsh Government that has the responsibility and the opportunity to do that. I'm amazed that they're so pessimistic and so defeatist about the opportunities for British agriculture that Brexit gives. What a pathetic spectacle to see a Welsh Government saying, 'We'd much rather that Brussels should take these decisions than we should take them ourselves'. What sort of government is it that doesn't believe in itself and its own abilities to provide best for the people of Wales, and in particular for the farmers and consumers of Wales? So, UKIP has an optimistic view of the future, and we certainly have faith and confidence in our own country and our own ability not only to survive in the world, but also to prosper on the basis of an agricultural policy that is designed by us for us, and for our own people. If an agricultural policy is introduced, the consequences of which are failure, then we know where to look to put the finger of blame. It'll be upon those on the front bench opposite here. So, just to return to what this debate is all about for a moment, we have seen, as David Rowlands explained, a rise in rank and unpalatable grasses infested with ticks, and, as a result of unburnt mature heather, that also becomes infested with heather beetle. Out-of-control bracken produces sterile landscapes that are both unsafe for tourists and walkers and also vectors of Lyme disease. So, these are all important points that are very important to the prosperity of the countryside in upland areas as well, as he explained, and the policy of the rewilding of the hills really goes against the whole grain of the impact and importance of agriculture in the life of any country, and in particular in the life of Wales because 84 per cent of Wales is characterised as a less favoured area. We have a much higher proportion of upland areas than other parts of the UK, and therefore to improve the quality of upland areas is not only better for farmers but also, as he pointed out, for walkers, for tourists and for all those who enjoy the countryside, as well as those who just like looking at it. The countryside, as we know it, isn't something that is produced by nature; it's actually produced by those who manage the land and in particular by farmers who run businesses on it. So, we need to have a completely different approach to upland areas than has occurred hitherto. The habitats directive of the EU has spawned a lot of detailed legislation that has not been to the benefit of the agricultural community, or, indeed, in general to the public at large. The problems that are created by the spread of bracken and so on on the hills by people who don't really understand the need for land management, I think, are a potentially disastrous effect. So, the consequence of the freedoms that we'll get as a result of leaving the EU can be, if those freedoms are intelligently used, an improvement in the quality of life and the quality of land for all. I can't see that there can be any downside to that. So, I invite Members of the Assembly to put aside party political considerations in this debate, to turn over a new leaf and to follow UKIP's lead in this particular respect to vote for our motion and show us some dignity and respect that, on this occasion, we are not seeking to debate in a partisan political way. This was a genuine attempt to improve the lives of the people of Wales and to bring the parties in this house together on an issue that is well able to sustain that approach. So, on that basis, I invite Members to vote for our motion and against their own amendments.
Welsh: Ond i fynd yn ôl at yr hyn y mae'r ddadl hon yn ymwneud ag ef mewn gwirionedd, sef bod dad-ddofi tir mynyddig Cymru, yn dilyn o gyfarwyddeb cynefinoedd yr UE, wedi achosi cynnydd trychinebus yn niferoedd y rhan fwyaf o ysglyfaethwyr, ac wedi sicrhau bod rhai rhywogaethau ar eu ffordd i ddifodiant, yn enwedig rhai sy'n agored i niwed. Mae gadael yr UE yn rhoi cyfle inni wella amgylchedd yr ucheldir ac yn rhoi pŵer i'r Cynulliad hwn fabwysiadu ymagwedd wahanol iawn i'r un a fabwysiadwyd hyd yma. Cyfeiriodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet at y cyfleoedd y mae hyn yn eu rhoi i Gymru lunio polisi amaethyddol sy'n addas ar gyfer problemau topograffig a hinsoddol penodol ein hardaloedd ucheldirol yn benodol. Yn ystod ei haraith disgrifiodd y polisi amaethyddol cyffredin presennol a'r cynllun taliadau sylfaenol fel offer di-fin iawn, ac mae hynny'n wir. Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â hi ar hynny. Mae'r polisi amaethyddol unffurf ar gyfer Ewrop gyfan yn anwybyddu llawer o elfennau pwysig yn y gyfundrefn amaethyddol yma yng Nghymru, a chymeradwyaf ei geiriau yn dweud ei bod am gyflwyno mwy o ryddid i ffermwyr gynyddu cynhyrchiant a chyflawni eu busnes mewn modd mwy cynhyrchiol. Ymddengys i mi fod hwnnw'n bwynt da iawn i'w wneud, yn hytrach na'r pwyntiau cynhennus pleidiol arferol am allforio cig oen, ac ati ac ati, ac fe wnaf ymdrin â'r hyn a ddywed Llyr Gruffydd am hynny nesaf. Wrth gwrs, fe wyddom fod tua thraean o gynnyrch cig oen Cymru yn cael ei allforio i'r UE. Caiff dwy ran o dair ei fwyta yn y Deyrnas Unedig, felly gadewch i ni gadw hyn mewn persbectif. Mae'r sector ffermio ei hun fel cyfran o'r incwm cenedlaethol yn eithaf bach. Mae cyfanswm allforion cig oen o'r Deyrnas Unedig oddeutu £300 miliwn y flwyddyn. Nid ydym yn ymdrin â ffigurau mawr yma. I'r graddau bod ffermwyr defaid yn mynd i wynebu problemau pontio, gellid yn hawdd ymdrin â hwy o fewn y cyllidebau a ddaw ar gael o ganlyniad i adael yr UE oherwydd ceir difidend Brexit, fel y gwyddom. Yn hytrach na rhoi cymhorthdal i ffermwyr mewn rhannau eraill o Ewrop, bellach gallwn roi cymhorthdal i ffermwyr yn y Deyrnas Unedig, ac yng Nghymru'n benodol, a Llywodraeth Cymru fydd â'r cyfrifoldeb a'r cyfle i wneud hynny. Rwy'n rhyfeddu eu bod mor wangalon a phesimistaidd ynglŷn â'r cyfleoedd y mae Brexit yn eu cynnig i amaethyddiaeth Prydain. Am druenus yw gweld Llywodraeth Cymru yn dweud, 'Byddai'n llawer gwell gennym i Frwsel wneud y penderfyniadau hyn na'u gwneud ein hunain'. Pa fath o lywodraeth sy'n gwrthod credu ynddi ei hun a'i gallu ei hun i ddarparu'r gorau i bobl Cymru, ac yn enwedig i ffermwyr a defnyddwyr Cymru? Felly, mae gan UKIP olwg optimistaidd ar y dyfodol, ac yn sicr mae gennym ffydd a hyder yn ein gwlad ein hunain a'n gallu ein hunain nid yn unig i oroesi yn y byd, ond hefyd i ffynnu ar sail polisi amaethyddol a gynlluniwyd gennym ni ar ein cyfer ni, ac ar gyfer ein pobl ein hunain. Os cyflwynir polisi amaethyddol, a'i fod yn arwain at fethiant, fe wyddom ble i roi'r bai. Y rhai ar y fainc flaen gyferbyn yma fydd i'w beio. Felly, os caf ddychwelyd at yr hyn y mae'r ddadl hon yn ymwneud ag ef am eiliad, fel yr eglurodd David Rowlands, gwelsom gynnydd mewn glaswellt trwchus ac anfwytadwy yn llawn trogod, ac o ganlyniad i rug aeddfed heb ei losgi, daw hwnnw hefyd yn gartref i blâu chwilod y grug. Mae rhedyn heb ei reoli yn cynhyrchu tirweddau anffrwythlon sy'n anniogel ar gyfer twristiaid a cherddwyr a hefyd yn fectorau clefyd Lyme. Felly, mae'r rhain yn bwyntiau sy'n hollbwysig i ffyniant cefn gwlad mewn ardaloedd ucheldirol yn ogystal, fel yr eglurodd, ac mae polisi dad-ddofi tir y bryniau yn mynd yn gwbl groes i effaith a phwysigrwydd amaethyddiaeth ym mywyd unrhyw wlad, ac yn enwedig ym mywyd Cymru oherwydd disgrifir 84 y cant o Gymru fel ardal lai ffafriol. Mae gennym gyfran lawer uwch o ardaloedd ucheldirol na rhannau eraill o'r DU, ac felly mae gwella ansawdd yr ardaloedd ucheldirol yn well i ffermwyr a hefyd, fel y nododd, i gerddwyr, i dwristiaid ac i bawb sy'n mwynhau cefn gwlad, yn ogystal â'r rhai sydd ond yn hoffi edrych arno. Fel y gwyddom, nid yw cefn gwlad yn rhywbeth a gynhyrchir gan natur; mewn gwirionedd caiff ei gynhyrchu gan y rhai sy'n rheoli'r tir, ac yn arbennig gan ffermwyr sy'n gweithredu eu busnesau arno. Felly, mae angen inni gael agwedd gwbl wahanol tuag at ardaloedd yr ucheldir na'r hyn a gafwyd hyd yma. Mae cyfarwyddeb cynefinoedd yr UE wedi esgor ar lawer o ddeddfwriaeth fanwl nad yw wedi bod o fudd i'r gymuned amaethyddol, nac yn wir, i'r cyhoedd yn gyffredinol. Credaf fod y problemau sy'n cael eu creu gan ledaeniad rhedyn ac ati ar y bryniau gan bobl nad ydynt yn deall yr angen i reoli tir yn cael effaith a allai fod yn drychinebus. Felly, o ganlyniad i'r rhyddid a gawn o ganlyniad i adael yr UE, os defnyddir y rhyddid hwnnw'n ddeallus, gall arwain at wella ansawdd bywyd ac ansawdd tir i bawb. Ni allaf weld y gall fod unrhyw anfantais i hynny. Felly, rwy'n gwahodd Aelodau'r Cynulliad i roi ystyriaethau pleidiol o'r neilltu yn y ddadl hon, i droi dalen newydd ac i ddilyn arweiniad UKIP yn y cyswllt arbennig hwn a phleidleisio o blaid ein cynnig a dangos rhywfaint o barch tuag atom nad ydym, ar yr achlysur hwn, yn ceisio dadlau mewn modd gwleidyddol a phleidiol. Roedd hon yn ymgais ddiffuant i wella bywydau pobl Cymru ac i ddod â'r pleidiau yn y tŷ hwn at ei gilydd ar fater a allai gynnal ymagwedd o'r fath. Felly, ar y sail honno, rwy'n gwahodd yr Aelodau i bleidleisio o blaid ein cynnig ac yn erbyn eu gwelliannau eu hunain.