English: Presiding Officer, the Rhymney valley has some great advocates speaking on its behalf. I know that Dawn Bowden, the Member for Merthyr and Rhymney, speaks for the upper Rhymney valley and our colleague Hefin David speaks for the lower parts of the Rhymney valley with equal ferocity, shall we say. I understand the points that have been made, and I recognise those points. I'm very happy to come across to Rhymney at any point to speak and to visit and to have these conversations. But I think the fundamental point you make about the communities of the upper Valleys, of the Heads of the Valleys, is absolutely correct. I think you attended a seminar back in April to discuss some of those particular issues. All too often, we look at the Valleys as a whole without understanding the differential in the different communities and the importance of having a very focused strategy to address some of the more deep-seated issues. For me, the Heads of the Valleys will provide the litmus test for us for whether we succeed or fail. The points made by the Plaid Cymru spokesperson were well made, and if we are to pass the tests that have been set by you and others here, it will be in places like Pontlottyn or Rhymney that that will be seen. So, let me say this: we brought together a group of people in the spring to look at how the dualling of the A465, the Heads of the Valleys road, can be used as a catalyst for change, and I believe that we need to now look at what steps and what investments we have to make in the infrastructure of the upper Valleys to realise that ambition. I can see the Member for Cynon Valley is here as well, and we know that from Hirwaun right across to Brynmawr, our communities face some very significant challenges that are beyond those faced by other areas - and we can debate as to whether they are part of the Valleys or not at perhaps another time. The key issue of the upper Valleys is firmly in the centre of my mind, and I hope that what we'll be able to do in the early autumn is to have in place an industrial strategy that is aimed at those upper Valley communities - an industrial strategy for the Heads of the Valleys, which looks to see how we can secure sustainable employment in and around the area of the Tower Colliery site in the upper Cynon valley, across to Merthyr itself. I think the Crucible project that we've debated before will provide a real boost for Merthyr in the way forward, and the upper Rhymney valley needs exactly the sort of investment that you've described. For my own constituency, it's about developing places like Tafarnaubach industrial estate or Rassau industrial estate, ensuring that the Tech Valleys investment doesn't simply stay in Ebbw Vale, but is able to act as a boost for investment across the whole of the Heads of the Valleys region. That is the ambition that I think we all share, and we need to make that a reality. So, I very much agree with the points that have been made.
Welsh: Llywydd, mae gan Gwm Rhymni rai eiriolwyr gwych yn siarad ar ei ran. Gwn fod Dawn Bowden, yr aelod ar gyfer Merthyr Tudful a Rhymni, yn siarad ar ran Cwm Rhymni uchaf ac mae ein cyd-Aelod Hefin David yn siarad am rannau isaf Cwm Rhymni gyda ffyrnigrwydd cyffelyb. Deallaf y pwyntiau a wnaed, ac rwy'n cydnabod y pwyntiau hynny. Rwy'n hapus iawn i ddod draw i Rhymni ar unrhyw adeg i siarad ac i ymweld a chael y trafodaethau hyn. Ond rwyf i o'r farn fod y pwynt sylfaenol a wnewch am gymunedau'r Cymoedd uchaf, Blaenau'r Cymoedd, yn gwbl gywir. Credaf i chi fod mewn seminar yn ôl ym mis Ebrill i drafod rhai o'r materion penodol hynny. Yn rhy aml, rydym yn edrych ar y Cymoedd fel cyfanrwydd heb ddeall y gwahaniaethau rhwng y cymunedau amrywiol a phwysigrwydd bod â strategaeth fanwl iawn i ymdrin â rhai o'r materion mwy sylfaenol. I mi, bydd Blaenau'r Cymoedd yn brawf litmws i weld a fyddwn yn llwyddo neu'n methu. Roedd y pwyntiau a wnaeth llefarydd Plaid Cymru yn dda, ac os ydym am lwyddo yn y profion sydd wedi eu gosod gennych chi ac eraill yma, mewn lleoedd fel Pontlotyn neu Rhymni y gwelir hynny. Felly, gadewch imi ddweud hyn: daethom â grŵp o bobl at ei gilydd yn y gwanwyn i edrych ar sut y gellir defnyddio gwaith deuoli ar yr A465, ffordd Blaenau'r Cymoedd, fel catalydd ar gyfer newid, a chredaf fod angen inni edrych nawr ar y camau a pha fuddsoddiadau y mae angen eu gwneud yn seilwaith y Cymoedd uchaf i wireddu'r uchelgais hwnnw. Gallaf weld bod yr Aelod dros Gwm Cynon yma hefyd, ac rydym yn gwybod bod ein cymunedau, o Hirwaun a throsodd i Frynmawr, yn wynebu rhai heriau sylweddol iawn sydd y sydd tu hwnt i'r rhai a wynebir gan ardaloedd eraill - a gallwn ddadlau ynghylch a ydyn nhw'n rhan o'r Cymoedd neu beidio rywbryd arall efallai. Mae mater allweddol y Cymoedd uchaf yn sicr yn ystyriaeth ganolog yn fy meddwl i, a gobeithiaf, yn gynnar yn yr hydref, y gallwn sefydlu strategaeth ddiwydiannol ar gyfer cymunedau'r Cymoedd uchaf - strategaeth ddiwydiannol ar gyfer Blaenau'r Cymoedd, a fydd yn edrych ar sut y gallwn sicrhau cyflogaeth gynaliadwy yn ardal safle Glofa'r Tŵr yng Nghwm Cynon uchaf a throsodd i Ferthyr ei hunan. Credaf y bydd prosiect y Pair yr ydym wedi ei drafod o'r blaen yn rhoi hwb gwirioneddol i Ferthyr ar gyfer y ffordd ymlaen, ac mae ar Gwm Rhymni uchaf angen yr union fath o fuddsoddiad yr ydych wedi ei ddisgrifio. Yn fy etholaeth i fy hunan, mae'n golygu datblygu lleoedd fel stad ddiwydiannol Tafarnaubach neu stad ddiwydiannol Rasa, yn sicrhau nad yw buddsoddiad Cymoedd Technoleg yn aros yng Nglynebwy yn unig, ond ei fod yn gallu gweithredu fel hwb i fuddsoddiadau ledled ardal Blaenau'r Cymoedd. Dyna'r uchelgais sydd gennym i gyd, rwy'n credu, ac mae angen inni wireddu hynny. Felly, rwy'n cytuno'n fawr iawn â'r pwyntiau a wnaed.