English: Thank you very much for welcoming the statement this afternoon and the announcements around the eradication of both BVD and sheep scab. I think, in relation to BVD, it was good to give the voluntary scheme some significant time. I think there's been a real push to go for legislation, and I absolutely understand that, because I think what the sector didn't want was to lose the gains that had been made. Clearly, there was a significant issue with just a few farms - a small percentage of farms - not taking up the voluntary part of the scheme. Sometimes, you don't want to use legislation to crack a nut - it's too heavy handed. We wanted the scheme to have the five years to look at the data, and I was absolutely clear that we would only bring forward legislation if the evidence was there to show that legislation was needed. I do think we've made such gains in relation to BVD eradication, and it would indeed be a shame to lose that, particularly, as I mentioned in the statement, because of the challenging times we are facing, particularly coming out of the European Union. You don't want other countries to go ahead of us in relation to eradication. In relation to sheep scab, I suppose what I mean by 'step up' is I think it's really important that the industry itself takes a grip of it, the ownership of it. I'm very happy to work in partnership. I had hoped to bring forward this scheme a while ago. I think it was back in 2019 I announced the funding, and that funding had to be repurposed then during the COVID pandemic for a couple of years. But I'd promised to bring the funding forward to have that all-Wales sheep scab eradication programme, although it's been a little longer than I'd hoped. We haven't really seen a lot of progress. So that, I suppose, is what I mean about it. I'm very happy to work in partnership. I think, if we're going to do anything, we need to work in partnership. I hear what you're saying about the ongoing Natural Resources Wales consultation regarding their regulatory fees and charges. You will have heard me say before that what that review is intended to ensure is that NRW does achieve full cost recovery, because those fees haven't been reviewed for a number of years. But NRW do expect the increased costs of licences to impact on a very small number of farms. At the moment, they issue, on average, about 37 permits a year, so you can see it's not a substantial issue for a lot of people.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn am groesawu'r datganiad y prynhawn yma a'r cyhoeddiadau ynghylch dileu BVD a'r clafr. Rwy'n credu, o ran BVD, y bu'n dda rhoi rhywfaint o amser sylweddol i'r cynllun gwirfoddol. Rwy'n credu bod galw gwirioneddol wedi bod i fynd am ddeddfwriaeth, ac rwy'n deall hynny'n llwyr, oherwydd rwy'n credu mai'r hyn nad oedd y sector ei eisiau oedd colli'r enillion a wnaed. Yn amlwg, roedd problem sylweddol gydag ychydig o ffermydd yn unig - canran fach o ffermydd - heb ymgymryd â rhan wirfoddol y cynllun. Weithiau, dydych chi ddim eisiau defnyddio deddfwriaeth i ymdrin â phroblem fach - mae'n rhy lawdrwm. Roeddem ni eisiau i'r cynllun gael y pum mlynedd i edrych ar y data, ac roeddwn i'n hollol glir mai dim ond pe bai'r dystiolaeth yno i ddangos bod angen deddfwriaeth y byddem ni'n gwneud hynny. Rwy'n credu ein bod wedi gwneud enillion o'r fath mewn cysylltiad â dileu BVD, ac yn wir byddai'n drueni colli hynny, yn enwedig, fel y soniais i yn y datganiad, oherwydd y cyfnod heriol yr ydym yn ei wynebu, yn enwedig ymadael â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd. Dydych chi ddim eisiau i wledydd eraill fynd o'n blaenau ni o ran dileu. O ran y clafr, mae'n debyg mai'r hyn rwy'n ei olygu wrth 'bwrw ymlaen' yw rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn bod y diwydiant ei hun yn cael rheolaeth arno, perchnogaeth ohono. Rwy'n hapus iawn i weithio mewn partneriaeth. Roeddwn i wedi gobeithio cyflwyno'r cynllun hwn ychydig yn ôl. Rwy'n credu mai nôl yn 2019 wnes i gyhoeddi'r cyllid, a bu'n rhaid ailbwrpasu'r cyllid hwnnw yn ystod pandemig COVID am gwpl o flynyddoedd. Ond roeddwn i wedi addo cyflwyno'r cyllid i gael y rhaglen dileu'r clafr Cymru gyfan honno, er ei bod hi wedi bod ychydig yn hirach nag yr oeddwn i wedi gobeithio. Dydyn ni ddim wir wedi gweld llawer o gynnydd. Felly dyna, mae'n debyg, yw'r hyn rwy'n ei olygu. Rwy'n hapus iawn i weithio mewn partneriaeth. Rwy'n credu, os ydyn ni'n mynd i wneud unrhyw beth, mae angen i ni weithio mewn partneriaeth. Rwy'n clywed yr hyn yr ydych chi'n ei ddweud am yr ymgynghoriad parhaus ynghylch ffioedd rheoleiddio a thaliadau Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru. Byddwch chi wedi fy nghlywed yn dweud o'r blaen mai'r hyn y mae'r adolygiad hwnnw yn ceisio ei sicrhau yw bod CNC yn sicrhau adferiad costau llawn, oherwydd nid yw'r ffioedd hynny wedi'u hadolygu am nifer o flynyddoedd. Ond mae CNC yn disgwyl y bydd y cynnydd mewn costau dim ond yn effeithio ar nifer fach iawn o ffermydd. Ar hyn o bryd, maen nhw'n cyflwyno, ar gyfartaledd, tua 37 trwydded y flwyddyn, felly gallwch chi weld nad yw'n fater sylweddol i lawer o bobl.