English: One of the most interesting factors to come out of the committee's scrutiny of enterprise zones was the disparity between them. Deeside and Cardiff enterprise zones were already well developed in their respective sectors, whilst Anglesey, Snowdonia and Ebbw Vale were effectively starting from scratch, with Port Talbot coming late to the fray. We, therefore have to be very guarded in our analysis of the success of one zone against another. What other factor we have to take into account is the relative crudity of the figures given, actually, in the first instance, for the cost per job created. For instance, Ebbw Vale, it was suggested, received £94 million to achieve just 390 jobs, or £241,000 for each job. These figures are very misleading as, in the Government's analysis of where money was allocated in the enterprise zone, the figure for transport for Ebbw Vale enterprise zone was £88 million. As this was clearly referring to the extension of the railway line from the festival park site to the town centre, it should therefore be viewed as an overall infrastructure improvement for the whole region, not for the enterprise zone itself. So, contrasting this figure for cost per job created or safeguarded as against, say, Deeside, where the cost was just £4,822, is very misleading. So, could the Cabinet Secretary outline how he proposes to analyse the effectiveness of EZs in the future? It became apparent to the committee, and, indeed, to those who made up the enterprise boards, that the original aims of the zones would have to be considerably amended. The boards of most of the zones realised their roles would become enablers to economic growth rather than that of direct job creation. In many instances, they put in place the infrastructure, both physical and spatial, to allow this growth to take place. Many of them referred to the time factor involved in bringing some of these projects to fruition. Mark Langshaw, of the Ebbw Vale enterprise zone board, which the Government Secretary says will close this year, said that it had many projects in the pipeline and expressed his concern as to who would take these to completion. So, perhaps the Cabinet Secretary could inform us as to how these projects, and, indeed, the general work undertaken by the enterprise zones that are to close, will be safeguarded going forward. If we ask ourselves, 'Have the enterprise zones been a success?', it is difficult to extrapolate a firm answer because of the disparate elements involved in the zones and their overall objectives. Perhaps one of the real positives has been the input from the boards themselves, who seem to have worked well with many stakeholders and created very positive networks and initiatives on a local basis. To conclude, I think we all have to consider their achievement against the question, 'What would have happened if they had not been created?' There are instances of those, especially with those close to the English border, that would have been disadvantaged if they had not been made enterprise zones. Deeside and, to a certain extent, Ebbw Vale are such examples. However, we must recognise that the enterprise zones up to the 2000s were very different projects to those of the 1980s, and therefore their achievements or failures must be viewed from a very different perspective. So, is the Cabinet Secretary still convinced that enterprise zones that will be remaining will still have a part to play in the economic development of Wales, and is he willing to supply them with the resource that they need in order to deliver on what should now be their clearly defined goals?
Welsh: Un o'r ffactorau mwyaf diddorol i ddeillio o waith craffu'r pwyllgor ar yr ardaloedd menter oedd y gwahaniaeth rhyngddynt. Roedd ardal fenter Glannau Dyfrdwy ac ardal fenter Caerdydd wedi datblygu'n dda eisoes yn eu sectorau eu hunain, tra bod Ynys Môn, Eryri a Glynebwy yn dechrau o'r dechrau i bob pwrpas, gyda Phort Talbot yn dod iddi'n hwyr yn y dydd. Felly rhaid inni fod yn ochelgar iawn yn ein dadansoddiad o lwyddiant un ardal yn erbyn y llall. Ffactor arall sy'n rhaid inni ei ystyried yw diffyg manylder cymharol y ffigurau a roddwyd yn y lle cyntaf, ar gyfer y gost fesul swydd a grëwyd. Er enghraifft, awgrymwyd bod Glynebwy wedi derbyn £94 miliwn i sicrhau 390 o swyddi'n unig, neu £241,000 ar gyfer pob swydd. Mae'r ffigurau hyn yn gamarweiniol iawn, gan fod dadansoddiad y Llywodraeth o ble y dyrannwyd arian yn yr ardal fenter, yn rhoi ffigur o £88 miliwn ar gyfer trafnidiaeth i ardal fenter Glynebwy. Gan mai cyfeirio at ymestyn y rheilffordd o safle parc yr ŵyl i ganol y dref oedd hwn yn ei wneud, dylid ei ystyried felly fel gwelliant seilwaith cyffredinol ar gyfer y rhanbarth cyfan, nid ar gyfer yr ardal fenter ei hun. Felly, mae'n gamarweiniol iawn inni gyferbynnu'r ffigur hwn ar gyfer y gost fesul swydd a grëwyd neu a ddiogelwyd â Glannau Dyfrdwy, dyweder, lle'r oedd y gost yn ddim ond £4,822. Felly, a allai Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet amlinellu sut y mae'n bwriadu dadansoddi effeithiolrwydd ardaloedd menter yn y dyfodol? Daeth yn amlwg i'r pwyllgor, ac yn wir i aelodau'r byrddau menter, y byddai'n rhaid diwygio nodau gwreiddiol yr ardaloedd yn sylweddol. Sylweddolodd byrddau'r rhan fwyaf o'r ardaloedd y byddai eu rolau'n tyfu i fod yn alluogwyr twf economaidd yn hytrach na chreu swyddi uniongyrchol. Mewn llawer o achosion, maent wedi gosod y seilwaith ffisegol a gofodol ar gyfer caniatáu i'r twf hwn ddigwydd. Cyfeiriodd llawer ohonynt at y ffactor amser sydd ynghlwm wrth sicrhau bod rhai o'r prosiectau hyn yn dwyn ffrwyth. Dywedodd Mark Langshaw, o fwrdd ardal fenter Glynebwy, y dywed Ysgrifennydd y Llywodraeth y bydd yn cau eleni, fod ganddynt nifer o brosiectau yn yr arfaeth a mynegodd ei bryder ynglŷn â phwy fyddai'n cyflawni'r rhain. Felly, efallai y gallai Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ein hysbysu sut y caiff y prosiectau hyn, ac yn wir y gwaith cyffredinol a wnaed gan yr ardaloedd menter sydd i gau, eu diogelu yn y dyfodol. Os gofynnwn i ni ein hunain, 'A yw'r ardaloedd menter wedi bod yn llwyddiant?', mae'n anodd dod i gasgliad cadarn oherwydd y gwahanol elfennau sy'n gysylltiedig â'r ardaloedd a'u hamcanion cyffredinol. Efallai mai un o'r pethau cadarnhaol go iawn yw'r mewnbwn a gafwyd gan y byrddau eu hunain, sydd i'w gweld wedi gweithio'n dda gyda llawer o randdeiliaid ac wedi creu rhwydweithiau a mentrau cadarnhaol iawn ar sail leol. I gloi, credaf fod yn rhaid i bawb ohonom ystyried eu cyflawniad yn erbyn y cwestiwn, 'Beth fyddai wedi digwydd pe na baent wedi'u creu?' Mae yna enghreifftiau o rai, yn enwedig rhai sy'n agos at y ffin â Lloegr, a fyddai wedi bod dan anfantais pe na baent wedi'u gwneud yn ardaloedd menter. Mae Glannau Dyfrdwy, a Glynebwy i ryw raddau, yn enghreifftiau o'r fath. Fodd bynnag, rhaid inni gydnabod bod yr ardaloedd menter hyd at y 2000au yn brosiectau gwahanol iawn i'r rhai yn yr 1980au, ac felly rhaid ystyried eu cyflawniadau neu eu methiannau o bersbectif gwahanol iawn. Felly, a yw Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn dal i fod yn argyhoeddedig fod gan yr ardaloedd menter a fydd yn aros ran i'w chwarae o hyd yn natblygiad economaidd Cymru, ac a yw'n fodlon rhoi'r adnoddau sydd eu hangen arnynt er mwyn cyflawni'r hyn a ddylai fod yn nodau diffiniedig eglur ganddynt bellach?