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English: Yes, I would, and, taking up the first point that the Member made, there is a very great need to rebalance the economy of the United Kingdom. Again, that is touched upon in the UK industrial strategy and it's at the very heart of the economic action plan with our commitment to empowering the regions of Wales. But each of those factors that the Member has just outlined that contribute to a more productive economy are going to be tackled through the calls to action and through also the economic contract. So, in order to get support from Government, you have to deliver on a set of criteria that will deal with skills, that will deal with the well-being of the workforce and that will deal with ensuring that you have growth potential. But then, our support in the future will be challenged through a new prism. The prism will be the calls to action, again aimed at making sure that we get a greater degree of innovation diffused across the economy, making sure that we have greater commitment to the development of high-level skills across the workforce in all sectors and in ensuring that businesses are able to challenge Government in order to bring forward funding programmes that meet their requirements as well.
Welsh: Ydw, a chan gyfeirio at bwynt cyntaf yr Aelod, mae taer angen ailgydbwyso economi'r Deyrnas Unedig. Unwaith eto, cyfeirir at hynny yn strategaeth ddiwydiannol y DU, ac mae wrth wraidd y cynllun gweithredu economaidd ochr yn ochr â'n hymrwymiad i rymuso rhanbarthau Cymru. Ond bydd y galw am weithredu a'r contract economaidd yn mynd i'r afael â phob un o'r ffactorau hynny a amlinellwyd gan yr Aelod sy'n cyfrannu at economi fwy cynhyrchiol. Felly, er mwyn sicrhau cefnogaeth gan y Llywodraeth, mae'n rhaid i chi fodloni set o feini prawf a fydd yn ymwneud â sgiliau, yn ymwneud â lles y gweithlu ac yn ymwneud â sicrhau bod gennych botensial o ran twf. Ond wedyn, bydd ein cefnogaeth yn y dyfodol yn cael ei herio drwy brism newydd. Y prism fydd y galw am weithredu, gyda'r nod, unwaith eto, o sicrhau mwy o arloesedd ar draws yr economi, sicrhau bod gennym fwy o ymrwymiad i ddatblygu sgiliau lefel uchel ar draws y gweithlu ym mhob sector a sicrhau bod busnesau yn gallu herio'r Llywodraeth i gyflwyno rhaglenni cyllido sy'n bodloni eu gofynion hwythau hefyd.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. The Permanent Secretary and other officials appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on Monday to give evidence in relation to the Circuit of Wales project. In that session, the Permanent Secretary told us, I believe for the first time, that you'd arrived at the conclusion that any solution could only be achieved if the Welsh Government guarantee was to be reduced by at least 50 per cent, effectively reducing it to around 25 per cent of the overall project cost. Could I ask the Cabinet Secretary, given that you previously announced a target of 50 per cent of the overall cost and 50 per cent of the risk, I believe in July 2016, why you did not tell the Assembly that that had, effectively, changed to 50 per cent of the risk and 25 per cent of the project cost, particularly as this wasn't the first time, of course, that the goalposts had been changed? More pertinently, could you specifically address questions that officials were not able to answer on Monday? Was the company or were the other private sector partners told, in advance of the Cabinet decision, that it was necessary to reduce the guarantee further in the way that the Permanent Secretary described? And were the company's principals told on the preceding Friday that there were no major problems or outstanding issues that had been identified through the due diligence process?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Ymddangosodd yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol a swyddogion eraill gerbron y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus ddydd Llun i roi tystiolaeth mewn perthynas â phrosiect Cylchffordd Cymru. Yn y sesiwn honno, dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol wrthym, am y tro cyntaf, rwy'n credu, eich bod wedi dod i'r casgliad na fyddai modd darparu unrhyw ateb oni bai fod gwarant Llywodraeth Cymru yn cael ei gostwng 50 y cant o leiaf - a'i lleihau, i bob pwrpas, i oddeutu 25 y cant o gyfanswm cost y prosiect. A gaf fi ofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, o gofio eich bod wedi cyhoeddi targed o 50 y cant o gyfanswm y gost a 50 y cant o'r risg, ym mis Gorffennaf 2016, rwy'n credu, pam na ddywedoch wrth y Cynulliad fod hynny, i bob pwrpas, wedi newid i 50 y cant o'r risg a 25 y cant o gost y prosiect, yn enwedig gan nad dyna oedd y tro cyntaf, wrth gwrs, i byst y gôl gael eu symud? Yn fwy perthnasol, a allwch roi sylw penodol i'r cwestiynau na allai'r swyddogion eu hateb ddydd Llun? A ddywedwyd wrth y cwmni neu'r partneriaid eraill yn y sector preifat, cyn penderfyniad y Cabinet, fod angen lleihau'r warant ymhellach yn y ffordd y disgrifiodd yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol? Ac a ddywedwyd wrth brif weithredwyr y cwmni ar y dydd Gwener blaenorol nad oedd unrhyw broblemau sylweddol neu faterion eraill wedi cael eu nodi drwy'r broses ddiwydrwydd dyladwy?
English: Can I thank the Member for his question and confirm comprehensively what we informed the Heads of the Valleys Development Company? Back in 2016, I told the Heads of the Valleys Development Company that no new proposal to support the Circuit of Wales project would be considered until at least 50 per cent of the finance and 50 per cent of the risk was being taken by the private sector, and the project also needed to provide evidence of value for money. The Welsh Government did not arrive at a formal conclusion as to what level of guarantee would not give rise to a classification risk in practice. However, it can be established that a much smaller guarantee would have been needed to reduce the risk of an adverse classification ruling - a reduction potentially of more than 50 per cent - but no definitive number can be established in the abstract. Now, reducing the classification risk would not necessarily have made the project suitable for Welsh Government support. Classification risk is not the same as commercial risk for neither the Government nor for the senior funders for the scheme, who would have found themselves investing in a proposition with a different risk and reward profile. I've said repeatedly that we have worked with the Circuit of Wales backers to try to make this scheme a success and a viable project. We are now moving forward with the £100 million automotive tech park and this is already attracting considerable interest globally and we're moving forward with the development of the sites required to deliver that vision.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i'r Aelod am ei gwestiwn a chadarnhau beth yn union a ddywedasom wrth Gwmni Datblygu Blaenau'r Cymoedd? Yn ôl yn 2016, dywedais wrth Gwmni Datblygu Blaenau'r Cymoedd na fyddai unrhyw gynnig newydd i gefnogi prosiect Cylchffordd Cymru yn cael ei ystyried hyd nes y byddai o leiaf 50 y cant o'r cyllid a 50 y cant o'r risg yn cael ei ysgwyddo gan y sector preifat, ac roedd angen i'r prosiect ddarparu tystiolaeth o werth am arian hefyd. Ni ddaeth Llywodraeth Cymru i gasgliad ffurfiol ynghylch pa lefel o sicrwydd na fyddai'n arwain at risg dosbarthiad yn ymarferol. Fodd bynnag, gellir dangos y byddai angen gwarant lai o lawer i leihau'r risg o gael dyfarniad dosbarthiad anffafriol - gostyngiad o fwy na 50 y cant, o bosibl - ond ni ellir nodi unrhyw ffigur pendant mewn termau haniaethol. Nawr, ni fyddai lleihau'r risg dosbarthiad wedi sicrhau, o reidrwydd, y byddai'r prosiect yn gymwys i dderbyn cymorth gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Nid yw risg dosbarthiad yr un peth â risg fasnachol i'r Llywodraeth nac uwch arianwyr y cynllun, a fyddai wedi buddsoddi mewn cynnig gyda phroffil risg a gwobr gwahanol. Rwyf wedi dweud sawl tro ein bod wedi gweithio gyda chefnogwyr Cylchffordd Cymru i geisio sicrhau bod y cynllun hwn yn llwyddiant ac yn brosiect ymarferol. Rydym yn bwrw ymlaen bellach gyda'r parc technoleg fodurol £100 miliwn, ac mae hyn eisoes yn denu cryn ddiddordeb o bob cwr o'r byd ac rydym yn bwrw ymlaen gyda'r gwaith o ddatblygu'r safleoedd angenrheidiol er mwyn gwireddu'r weledigaeth honno.
English: Could I ask the Cabinet Secretary just to address specifically the detailed questions that I asked him and, indeed, I asked officials on Monday? So, was the company told, in advance of the Cabinet's decision, about the assessment that the Permanent Secretary described in terms of the need to reduce the guarantee further? And, also, were they told on the preceding Friday, before the Cabinet decision, that there were no major problems? Now, the issue of balance sheet classification was core to the Government's rejection of the proposal. We know from information provided by the Permanent Secretary that advice was provided by the Welsh Treasury on balance sheet classification on 20 June last year. Now, there's some ambiguity following Monday's evidence as to whether the official or officials that provided that advice on classification on 20 June were fully aware of a number of relevant details about the project. Specifically, again, can I ask the Cabinet Secretary if the official or officials in the Welsh Treasury that gave that classification advice on 20 June were aware, at that time, that the guarantee only commenced when the project was completed?
Welsh: A gaf fi ofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ateb y cwestiynau manwl a ofynnais iddo, ac yn wir, y cwestiynau a ofynnais i swyddogion ddydd Llun? Felly, a ddywedwyd wrth y cwmni, cyn penderfyniad y Cabinet, ynglŷn â'r asesiad a ddisgrifiodd yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol o ran yr angen i leihau'r warant ymhellach? A hefyd, a ddywedwyd wrthynt y dydd Gwener blaenorol, cyn penderfyniad y Cabinet, nad oedd unrhyw broblemau sylweddol? Nawr, roedd mater dosbarthiad y fantolen yn greiddiol i benderfyniad y Llywodraeth i wrthod y cynnig. Gwyddom o'r wybodaeth a ddarparwyd gan yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol fod Trysorlys Cymru wedi rhoi cyngor ar ddosbarthiad y fantolen ar 20 Mehefin y llynedd. Nawr, mae rhywfaint o amwysedd yn dilyn y dystiolaeth a roddwyd ddydd Llun ynglŷn ag a oedd y swyddog neu'r swyddogion a roddodd y cyngor hwnnw ar ddosbarthiad ar 20 Mehefin yn gwbl ymwybodol o nifer o fanylion perthnasol ynglŷn â'r prosiect. Yn benodol, unwaith eto, a gaf fi ofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet a oedd y swyddog neu'r swyddogion yn Nhrysorlys Cymru a roddodd y cyngor hwnnw ar ddosbarthiad ar 20 Mehefin yn ymwybodol, ar y pryd, fod y warant ond yn cychwyn wedi i'r prosiect gael ei gwblhau?
English: Can I thank the Member again for his questions? And, in order to seek the clarification that he has asked for, I will ask my Cabinet colleague, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, to engage Welsh Treasury officials to provide the answers that he requires. In terms of whether the company was told that there were no major problems, again, I would need to ask my officials whether that was the case. I am not aware of the discussions that may have led to that assurance being given, but I will seek clarification from my officials.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i'r Aelod unwaith eto am ei gwestiynau? Ac er mwyn rhoi'r eglurhad y gofynnodd amdano, byddaf yn gofyn i fy nghyd-Aelod Cabinet, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid, ofyn i swyddogion Trysorlys Cymru ddarparu'r atebion y mae'n gofyn amdanynt. Pa un a ddywedwyd wrth y cwmni nad oedd unrhyw broblemau sylweddol, unwaith eto, byddai angen i mi ofyn i fy swyddogion a yw hynny'n wir. Nid wyf yn ymwybodol o'r trafodaethau a allai fod wedi arwain at roi'r sicrwydd hwnnw, ond byddaf yn gofyn i fy swyddogion am eglurhad.
English: And could he also seek clarification about the other question that he's been unable to answer? Finally, Cabinet Secretary, in an interview you gave following the Cabinet decision on 29 June to Brian Meechan on Wales at Work, I think you said that your door was still open if a restructured proposal came forward, that you were willing to sit down and talk again. And the Permanent Secretary did say in her remarks on Monday that the reason the Welsh Government had invested so much time and money and energy in this project was because of its huge potential to bring about a major investment in a part of Wales that hasn't seen investment at that scale. Now, I understand that there is ongoing an attempt to restructure the proposal, to bring it forward in a different form, and that those discussions are proceeding positively with local authorities. If they do bear fruit, would the Government not give financial support, but give its blessing and actually welcome the possibility that a restructured proposal would be able to bring about the badly needed investment that was anticipated in Ebbw Vale?
Welsh: Ac a allai ofyn hefyd am eglurhad ynglŷn â'r cwestiwn arall nad atebodd? Yn olaf, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, mewn cyfweliad a roesoch yn dilyn penderfyniad y Cabinet ar 29 Mehefin i Brian Meechan ar raglen Wales at Work, credaf ichi ddweud bod eich drws ar agor o hyd pe bai cynnig wedi'i ailstrwythuro'n cael ei gyflwyno, a'ch bod yn barod i drafod eto. A dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol yn ei sylwadau ddydd Llun mai'r rheswm pam fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi cymaint o amser ac arian ac egni yn y prosiect hwn oedd oherwydd ei botensial enfawr i sicrhau buddsoddiad sylweddol mewn rhan o Gymru nad yw wedi cael buddsoddiad ar y fath raddfa. Nawr, rwy'n deall bod ymgais barhaus yn mynd rhagddi i ailstrwythuro'r cynnig, i'w gyflwyno ar ffurf wahanol, a bod y trafodaethau hynny'n mynd rhagddynt yn gadarnhaol gydag awdurdodau lleol. Os byddant yn dwyn ffrwyth, a fyddai'r Llywodraeth yn rhoi ei sêl bendith yn hytrach na chefnogaeth ariannol, a chroesawu'r posibilrwydd y gallai cynnig ailstrwythuro arwain at y buddsoddiad mawr ei angen a ragwelwyd yng Nglynebwy?
English: I think it's important that Government considers all legitimate proposals for economic development in all parts of Wales. With regard to the Heads of the Valleys, I'm determined to move on with the development of the automotive tech park. It was found, based on international evidence, that the development of a cluster did not require the circuit that was proposed - that specific proposal - however, a test facility, which would be akin to a circuit, could be complementary to the development of an automotive tech park, and, indeed, build on the investment that could go into it. So, I remain open minded about the long-term development of that particular project. In the short term, we're determined to move ahead with the building of a suitable facility that can kick-start the vision of delivering 1,500 jobs. In the longer term, it's entirely possible that automotive companies that will be based in the tech park will require a test facility, and that's something that - I think we can base it on 5G technology. If we can base it on autonomous and connected technology then it's something that would provide Wales, but particularly the Heads of the Valleys, with a really unique selling point in a global market.
Welsh: Credaf ei bod yn bwysig fod y Llywodraeth yn ystyried pob cynnig dilys ar gyfer datblygiad economaidd ym mhob rhan o Gymru. O ran Blaenau'r Cymoedd, rwy'n benderfynol o fwrw ymlaen â'r gwaith o ddatblygu'r parc technoleg fodurol. Yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth ryngwladol, canfuwyd nad oedd angen y gylchffordd a gynigiwyd - y cynnig penodol hwnnw - er mwyn datblygu clwstwr; fodd bynnag, gallai cyfleuster profi, a fyddai'n debyg i gylchffordd, ategu'r broses o ddatblygu parc technoleg fodurol, ac yn wir, gallai adeiladu ar y buddsoddiad a allai fynd tuag ato. Felly, rwy'n parhau i fod â meddwl agored ynghylch datblygiad hirdymor y prosiect penodol hwnnw. Yn y tymor byr, rydym yn benderfynol o fwrw ymlaen gyda'r gwaith o adeiladu cyfleuster addas a allai roi hwb i'r weledigaeth o ddarparu 1,500 o swyddi. Yn y tymor hwy, mae'n hollol bosibl y gallai fod angen cyfleuster profi ar gwmnïau modurol a fydd wedi'u lleoli yn y parc technoleg, ac mae hynny'n rhywbeth - credaf y gallwn ei seilio ar dechnoleg 5G. Os gallwn ei seilio ar dechnoleg awtonomaidd a chysylltiedig byddai'n rhywbeth a fyddai'n darparu pwynt gwerthu unigryw i Gymru, ond yn enwedig i Flaenau'r Cymoedd, mewn marchnad fyd-eang.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, I'd like to refer back to the economy committee report on city deals if I may, and the recommendation that the boundaries of the deal area should be as flexible and as fuzzy as possible. Now, you rejected the recommendation on the grounds of governance, explaining in the debate two weeks ago that you're establishing chief regional officer roles to ensure that the deals are complementary, and so these fuzzy boundaries are unnecessary. I wonder what you can tell us about these chief regional officers, because they've not really come up in open exchanges like this before. Will they be Government appointed and funded, from whom will they take their steer, and to whom will they be accountable?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, hoffwn gyfeirio'n ôl at adroddiad pwyllgor yr economi ar y bargeinion dinesig, os caf, a'r argymhelliad y dylai ffiniau ardal y fargen fod mor hyblyg a niwlog â phosibl. Nawr, fe wrthodoch yr argymhelliad ar sail llywodraethu, gan egluro yn y ddadl bythefnos yn ôl eich bod yn penodi dau brif swyddog rhanbarthol i sicrhau bod y bargeinion yn ategu ei gilydd, ac felly fod y ffiniau niwlog hyn yn ddiangen. Tybed beth y gallwch ei ddweud wrthym ynglŷn â'r prif swyddogion rhanbarthol hyn, gan nad ydynt wedi codi mewn trafodaethau agored fel hyn o'r blaen. Ai'r Llywodraeth fydd yn eu penodi a'u hariannu, pwy fydd yn eu harwain, ac i bwy y byddant yn atebol?
English: Can I thank Suzy Davies for her question? I think it's important to revisit this issue. My problem was largely with the wording, the 'fuzzy' boundaries, and the implications that that could have for the governance structures that are already in place. My vision for the chief regional officers is that they will be the voices of Government in the regions, but also, crucially, the voice of the regions in Government, able to influence Welsh Ministers, not just within my department, but across Government, on what it is that each of those regions requires in order to become more productive and to generate a greater degree of prosperity. In the first instance, they'll be pulling together business plans across each of the regions - business plans that will be developed in partnership with the city and growth deal stakeholders and with local government across each region and with a wider degree of stakeholder engagement that will include representative bodies such as the Confederation of British Industry, the Federation of Small Businesses, the Institute of Directors and trade union partners as well. So, by developing a regional business plan that will examine what the pipeline of opportunities is right across the patch, we'll then be able to ensure that all initiatives across Government, whether it be city and growth deals, whether it be the development of infrastructure, whether it be the development of hospitals and schools and skills training provision, can all be aligned to meet those strong regional projects that are going to develop a future economy in Wales.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Suzy Davies am ei chwestiwn? Credaf ei bod yn bwysig ailystyried y mater hwn. Roedd fy mhryderon, i raddau helaeth, yn ymwneud â'r geiriad, y ffiniau 'niwlog', a goblygiadau posibl hynny i'r strwythurau llywodraethu sydd eisoes ar waith. Fy ngweledigaeth ar gyfer y prif swyddogion rhanbarthol, yw mai hwy fydd lleisiau'r Llywodraeth yn y rhanbarthau, ond hefyd, yn hollbwysig, llais y rhanbarthau yn y Llywodraeth, gyda'r gallu i ddylanwadu ar Weinidogion Cymru, nid yn unig yn fy adran i, ond ar draws y Llywodraeth, ynglŷn â'r hyn sydd ei angen ar bob un o'r rhanbarthau hynny er mwyn dod yn fwy cynhyrchiol a chynhyrchu mwy o ffyniant. Yn y lle cyntaf, byddant yn dod â chynlluniau busnes at ei gilydd ar draws pob un o'r rhanbarthau - cynlluniau busnes a fydd yn cael eu datblygu mewn partneriaeth â rhanddeiliaid y bargeinion dinesig a'r bargeinion twf a chyda llywodraeth leol ar draws pob rhanbarth a chyda mwy o ymgysylltiad rhanddeiliaid, gan gynnwys cyrff cynrychiadol megis Cydffederasiwn Diwydiant Prydain, y Ffederasiwn Busnesau Bach, Sefydliad y Cyfarwyddwyr a phartneriaid undebau llafur hefyd. Felly, drwy ddatblygu cynllun busnes rhanbarthol a fydd yn archwilio beth yw'r llif o gyfleoedd ym mhobman, bydd modd inni sicrhau y gellir sicrhau bod pob menter ar draws y Llywodraeth, boed yn fargeinion dinesig a bargeinion twf, boed yn ddatblygu seilwaith, boed yn ddatblygu ysbytai ac ysgolion a darpariaeth hyfforddiant sgiliau, i gydweddu â'r prosiectau rhanbarthol cryf a fydd yn datblygu'r economi yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol.
English: Thank you for that answer. I think what I got from that is that they're Welsh Government individuals.
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb. Credaf mai'r hyn a gefais o hynny oedd mai unigolion o Lywodraeth Cymru ydynt.
English: They are.
Welsh: Ie.
English: That's fine, thank you. In the same report, of course, governance and scrutiny also came up as areas of concern. My understanding is that once the Swansea city deal board has been established, made up, as it will be, of local authority leaders, of course, its work will not go back to those local authorities for scrutiny, and nor will any supporting advisory bodies - [ Inaudible.] - such as the economic strategy group. Can you confirm, then, whether the role of scrutiny falls entirely to both Governments, and, if so, what joint and separate key performance indicators have you already determined for the gateway assessments, as, of course, they'll be the looming threat for the success of these deals?
Welsh: Mae hynny'n iawn, diolch. Yn yr un adroddiad, wrth gwrs, nodwyd bod llywodraethu a chraffu hefyd yn destunau pryder. Yn ôl yr hyn a ddeallaf, pan fydd bwrdd bargen ddinesig Abertawe wedi'i sefydlu, ac yn cynnwys, fel y bydd, arweinwyr awdurdodau lleol wrth gwrs, ni fydd ei waith yn dychwelyd at yr awdurdodau lleol iddynt allu graffu arno, nac unrhyw gyrff cynghori ategol ychwaith - [ Anghlywadwy.] - megis y grŵp strategaeth economaidd. A allwch gadarnhau, felly, a yw'r rôl graffu felly yn cael ei hysgwyddo'n llwyr gan y ddwy Lywodraeth, ac os felly, pa ddangosyddion perfformiad allweddol cyfunol ac ar wahân a bennwyd gennych eisoes ar gyfer yr asesiadau porth, gan mai hwy, wrth gwrs, fydd y bygythiad mwyaf i lwyddiant y bargeinion hyn?