English: Thank you for your answer, Minister. Your Deputy Minister, of course, has recently said that the Welsh Government has pretended to know what it's doing on the economy for the last 20 years, and efforts to improve the economy under devolution have not worked. Personally I think it is refreshing to hear a Minister speaking very candidly about the economy. I very much agree with the Member for Blaenau Gwent when he said he would prefer to hear a Minister who speaks plainly and clearly about the challenges facing the Welsh economy. I think the general public agree with that also. With this in mind, is there now a recognition that it's time to approach the economy in a different way? We have had three major economic strategies since devolution, but these efforts to improve the economy have not worked and have not raised the economic fortunes of Wales. Now, the economic action plan covers a large number of different themes but contains no targets for measuring progress, so it is, I think, also contradicted and undermined by the Welsh Government's 2018 budget, which provides no new funding to support any of the action plan's key priority sectors. So, can you, Minister, say what you are going to do to change, and how is your approach going to be different following the Deputy Minister's comments so we can see simplified access to business support, we can align an effective business and industrial strategy, we can reform a failing public procurement strategy to support small and medium-sized businesses, upskill the workforce and reflect this boost with suitably improved infrastructure?
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb, Weinidog. Mae eich Dirprwy Weinidog, wrth gwrs, wedi dweud yn ddiweddar fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi esgus gwybod beth y mae'n ei wneud mewn perthynas â'r economi dros yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf, ac nad yw ymdrechion i wella'r economi dan ddatganoli wedi gweithio. Yn bersonol, credaf ei bod yn braf clywed Gweinidog yn siarad yn onest iawn am yr economi. Roeddwn yn cytuno'n llwyr â'r Aelod dros Flaenau Gwent pan ddywedodd y byddai'n well ganddo glywed Gweinidog sy'n siarad yn blaen ac yn glir am yr heriau sy'n wynebu economi Cymru. Rwy'n credu bod y cyhoedd yn cytuno â hynny hefyd. Gyda hyn mewn golwg, a ydych bellach yn cydnabod ei bod yn bryd ymdrin â'r economi mewn ffordd wahanol? Rydym wedi cael tair strategaeth economaidd bwysig ers datganoli, ond nid yw'r ymdrechion hyn i wella'r economi wedi gweithio ac nid ydynt wedi gwella rhagolygon economaidd Cymru. Nawr, mae'r cynllun gweithredu ar yr economi yn cwmpasu nifer fawr o wahanol themâu ond nid yw'n cynnwys unrhyw dargedau ar gyfer mesur cynnydd, felly credaf ei fod hefyd yn cael ei wrth-ddweud a'i danseilio gan gyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2018, nad yw'n darparu unrhyw gyllid newydd i gefnogi unrhyw un o sectorau blaenoriaeth allweddol y cynllun gweithredu. Felly, a allwch chi, Weinidog, ddweud beth y bwriadwch ei wneud i newid, a sut y bydd eich dull yn wahanol yn dilyn sylwadau'r Dirprwy Weinidog fel y gallwn sicrhau mynediad symlach at gymorth busnes, fel y gallwn gysoni strategaeth fusnes a diwydiannol effeithiol, fel y gallwn ddiwygio'r strategaeth ddiffygiol sydd gennym ar gyfer caffael cyhoeddus i gefnogi busnesau bach a chanolig, gwella sgiliau'r gweithlu ac adlewyrchu'r hwb hwn drwy wella seilwaith yn briodol?