English: Likewise, we've been able to discuss regional stimulus plans as part of the reconstruction and recovery mission. I think that's been very valuable in drawing together local authorities at a regional level. And just in response to something that Russell George mentioned in his questions - I wasn't able in the time to respond directly - that is, the recommendation by the OECD, of course corporate joint committees are the first step in bringing together local authorities on a regional basis to drive economic development and to consolidate capabilities and expertise within bodies at a regional level. In terms of indicators, targets and the point that was raised about equality, of course we have just announced, in terms of support for people from minority ethnic communities, the barriers fund, which was very much shaped for people who are so far from a jobs market that require additional support in developing businesses in an entrepreneurial way. We also incorporated into the COVID commitment the incentive scheme for employers to take on apprentices aged under 25, with grants of up to £3,000 available for taking on apprentices. We've appointed disability champions across Wales to work with businesses to make sure that businesses are embracing the principles of the economic contract and the need for fair work and opportunities for all. And in terms of the measurement against the UK median, obviously welfare is something that is reserved for the UK Government and, therefore, that is why we believe that it makes sense to set our target and our ambitions against UK levels. However, I do take the point that Helen Mary Jones raises, and certainly I'll consider whether we can look at other levels that could offer a more appropriate comparison. I think productivity - again, just to touch on productivity - the measure of productivity within an economy can't be seen in isolation, but it must be set against, obviously, other measures. I've already talked about unemployment and economic inactivity, I've talked about employment level, business growth, and so forth, but it's a fact that as we went into the pandemic, productivity was rising faster in Wales than the UK as a whole. So, again, we had a very positive story to tell about productivity and we wish to make sure that we further boost prospects in terms of productivity by placing a very sharp focus on skills and on research and development, and we wish to see Wales capture as much of the new UK Government R&D road map funding as possible. There will be a significant increase in R&D funding and we want to make sure that it is channelled through to some of those magnet projects that are going to be focused so strongly on the clustering of SMEs, on research, development and innovation. And there are a few examples that I can throw in there: the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, the global centre for rail excellence, the compound semiconductor cluster, the very obvious creative industries cluster. There are opportunities to lever in more research and development, and in so doing, we can use them as magnets for investment rather than having to use a cheque book in order to basically pay for an inward investor to come to Wales, often with only a short-term view of investing in our citizens and our country. And so, when Helen Mary Jones asks, 'What are you looking at stopping?' well, first of all, we're looking at magnetising through strength, rather than through having an open cheque book. We want to make sure that we build these resilient projects, the magnet projects that will be able to attract investors not just for years to come, but for decades to come, so that we become known as a country with an excellence in certain technical fields, whether it be in artificial intelligence, in advanced manufacturing and materials, particularly in the aerospace sector, or whether it be in compound semiconductors, cyber security, rail and transport research and development. We want to make sure that we grow and cement those specialisms within Welsh communities. In terms of some of the other work where we are adding value, well, obviously the £270 million of funds for the development bank will see more money utilised for loans and equity purposes, and this is something that economy committees for years, if not decades, have been calling on Government to do, to try to shift away from just utilising grants to more loans and equity-based support, and this is what we're doing with that additional £270 million. That of course will enable some recycling of funding that will further enable growth into the future, and particularly with a focus on microbusiness start-ups and SMEs. The success story of start-ups in recent years really needs to be celebrated, and of course we developed a start-up fund during the pandemic to ensure that we didn't lose those excellent enterprises that innovative and creative people were able to commence prior to COVID-19. Then, finally, on the point regarding borrowing, obviously this is something that the finance Minister will consider. I know that the finance Minister is keen to consider all creative opportunities to raise funding to invest in our communities and in our businesses. I'm sure that she will have taken a very keen note of what Helen Mary Jones had to say. Oh, sorry, one more point, Dirprwy Lywydd, and this regards the economic contract. That's a relationship between business and Government; it's a partnership, it's not a one-off agreement. It requires consistent communication and collaboration between Welsh Government officials, also local government officials, and businesses, but as we see that economic contract strengthened and deepened, I'm really keen to see the business community itself embrace the role of peer reviewing one another to ensure that those economic contracts actually mean something. Because, to be honest, it's businesses that can promote the success that they enjoy in terms of utilising the economic contact better than anybody else.
Welsh: Yn yr un modd, rydym ni wedi gallu trafod cynlluniau ysgogi rhanbarthol yn rhan o'r genhadaeth ailadeiladu ac adfer. Rwy'n credu y bu hynny yn werthfawr iawn o ran dwyn ynghyd awdurdodau lleol ar lefel ranbarthol. Ac mewn ymateb i rywbeth y soniodd Russell George amdano yn ei gwestiynau - nid oeddwn yn gallu ymateb yn uniongyrchol yn yr amser oedd gennyf - hynny yw, argymhelliad Y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd, wrth gwrs mai cydbwyllgorau corfforaethol yw'r cam cyntaf tuag at ddod ag awdurdodau lleol at ei gilydd ar sail ranbarthol i sbarduno datblygu economaidd ac i atgyfnerthu galluoedd ac arbenigedd o fewn cyrff ar lefel ranbarthol. O ran dangosyddion, targedau a'r sylw a wnaed am gydraddoldeb, wrth gwrs rydym ni newydd gyhoeddi, o ran cymorth i bobl o gymunedau lleiafrifoedd ethnig, y gronfa rwystrau, a luniwyd yn i raddau helaeth iawn ar gyfer pobl sydd mor bell o farchnad swyddi y mae angen cymorth ychwanegol arnyn nhw i ddatblygu busnesau mewn ffordd entrepreneuraidd. Fe wnaethom ni hefyd ymgorffori yn ymrwymiad COVID y cynllun cymhelliant i gyflogwyr gyflogi prentisiaid o dan 25 oed, gyda grantiau o hyd at £3,000 ar gael i gyflogi prentisiaid. Rydym ni wedi penodi hyrwyddwyr anabledd ledled Cymru i weithio gyda busnesau i sicrhau bod busnesau'n croesawu egwyddorion y contract economaidd a'r angen am waith teg a chyfleoedd i bawb. Ac o ran y mesur o'i gymharu â chanolrif y DU, mae llesiant yn amlwg yn rhywbeth sydd wedi'i neilltuo ar gyfer Llywodraeth y DU ac, felly, dyna pam y credwn ni ei bod hi'n gwneud synnwyr gosod ein targed a'n huchelgeisiau yn erbyn lefelau'r DU. Fodd bynnag, rwyf yn derbyn y sylw y mae Helen Mary Jones yn ei wneud, ac yn sicr byddaf yn ystyried a allwn ni edrych ar lefelau eraill a allai gynnig cymhariaeth fwy priodol. Rwy'n credu o ran cynhyrchiant - unwaith eto, dim ond er mwyn crybwyll cynhyrchiant - ni ellir ystyried mesur cynhyrchiant mewn economi yn rhywbeth ar wahân, ond mae'n rhaid ei gymharu â mesurau eraill, yn amlwg. Rwyf eisoes wedi sôn am ddiweithdra ac anweithgarwch economaidd, rwyf wedi sôn am lefel cyflogaeth, twf busnes, ac ati, ond mae'n ffaith bod cynhyrchiant, wrth i'r pandemig ddod ar ein gwarthaf, yn codi'n gyflymach yng Nghymru na'r DU gyfan. Felly, unwaith eto, cawsom stori gadarnhaol iawn i'w hadrodd am gynhyrchiant ac fe hoffem ni sicrhau ein bod yn rhoi hwb pellach i ragolygon o ran cynhyrchiant drwy roi pwyslais manwl iawn ar sgiliau ac ar ymchwil a datblygu, ac fe hoffem ni weld Cymru'n cael cymaint â phosibl o gyllid map ffordd ymchwil a datblygu newydd Llywodraeth y DU. Bydd cynnydd sylweddol mewn cyllid ymchwil a datblygu ac rydym ni eisiau sicrhau y bydd yn cyrraedd rhai o'r prosiectau atynnu hynny a fydd yn canolbwyntio'n fawr iawn ar glystyru busnesau bach a chanolig, ar ymchwil, datblygu ac arloesi. Ac mae rhai enghreifftiau y gallaf i eu crybwyll yn y fan yna: y Ganolfan Ymchwil Gweithgynhyrchu Uwch, y ganolfan fyd-eang ar gyfer rhagoriaeth rheilffyrdd, y clwstwr lled-ddargludyddion cyfansawdd, y clwstwr diwydiannau creadigol amlwg iawn. Mae cyfleoedd i ddenu mwy o ymchwil a datblygu, ac wrth wneud hynny, fe allwn ni eu defnyddio yn fodd o ddenu buddsoddi yn hytrach na gorfod defnyddio llyfr siec er mwyn talu i bob diben i fewnfuddsoddwyr ddod i Gymru, yn aml gyda dim ond golwg tymor byr ar fuddsoddi yn ein dinasyddion a'n gwlad. Ac felly, pan fydd Helen Mary Jones yn gofyn, 'Beth ydych chi'n ystyried rhoi'r gorau iddo?' wel, yn gyntaf oll, rydym ni'n ystyried denu drwy nerth, yn hytrach na thrwy gael llyfr siec agored. Rydym ni eisiau sicrhau ein bod yn adeiladu'r prosiectau cydnerth hyn, y prosiectau atynnu a fydd yn gallu denu buddsoddwyr nid yn unig am flynyddoedd i ddod, ond am ddegawdau i ddod, er mwyn inni ddod yn wlad sydd â rhagoriaeth mewn rhai meysydd technegol, boed hynny mewn deallusrwydd artiffisial, mewn gweithgynhyrchu a deunyddiau uwch, yn enwedig yn y sector awyrofod, neu mewn lled-ddargludyddion cyfansawdd, seiberddiogelwch, ymchwil a datblygu rheilffyrdd a thrafnidiaeth. Rydym ni eisiau sicrhau ein bod yn tyfu ac yn cadarnhau'r arbenigeddau hynny yng Nghymru. O ran rhywfaint o'r gwaith arall lle yr ydym ni'n ychwanegu gwerth, wel, mae'n amlwg y bydd y £270 miliwn o arian i'r banc datblygu yn gweld mwy o arian yn cael ei ddefnyddio at ddibenion benthyciadau ac ecwiti, ac mae hyn yn rhywbeth y mae pwyllgorau'r economi ers blynyddoedd, os nad degawdau, wedi bod yn galw ar y Llywodraeth i'w wneud, i geisio symud oddi wrth ddefnyddio grantiau'n unig i fwy o fenthyciadau a chymorth ar sail ecwiti, a dyma beth yr ydym yn ei wneud gyda'r £270 miliwn ychwanegol hwnnw. Bydd hynny, wrth gwrs, yn galluogi rhywfaint o ailgylchu cyllid a fydd yn galluogi twf ymhellach i'r dyfodol, ac yn enwedig gan ganolbwyntio ar ficrofusnesau newydd a busnesau bach a chanolig. Mae gwir angen dathlu llwyddiant busnesau newydd yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf, ac wrth gwrs fe wnaethom ni ddatblygu cronfa dechrau busnes yn ystod y pandemig i sicrhau na wnaethom ni golli'r mentrau rhagorol hynny y gallodd pobl arloesol a chreadigol ddechrau cyn COVID-19. Yna, yn olaf, o ran benthyca, mae'n amlwg bod hyn yn rhywbeth y bydd y Gweinidog Cyllid yn ei ystyried. Rwy'n gwybod bod y Gweinidog Cyllid yn awyddus i ystyried pob cyfle creadigol i godi arian i fuddsoddi yn ein cymunedau ac yn ein busnesau. Rwy'n siŵr y bydd wedi dal sylw manwl ar yr hyn a oedd gan Helen Mary Jones i'w ddweud. O, mae'n ddrwg gennyf, un sylw arall, Dirprwy Lywydd, ac mae hyn yn ymwneud â'r contract economaidd. Perthynas yw hynny rhwng byd busnes a'r Llywodraeth; mae'n bartneriaeth, nid cytundeb untro mohono. Mae'n gofyn am gyfathrebu a chydweithredu cyson rhwng swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru, hefyd swyddogion llywodraeth leol a busnesau, ond wrth i ni weld y contract economaidd hwnnw'n cael ei gryfhau a'i ddyfnhau, rwy'n awyddus iawn i weld y gymuned fusnes ei hun yn croesawu'r swyddogaeth hon o adolygu ei gilydd er mwyn sicrhau bod y contractau economaidd hynny'n golygu rhywbeth mewn gwirionedd. Oherwydd, a dweud y gwir, busnesau yn fwy na neb arall sy'n gallu hyrwyddo'r llwyddiant y maen nhw yn ei fwynhau o ran defnyddio'r contract economaidd.