English: Thank you, Llywydd. Before I start, I'd like to thank members of the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee for the three reports looking at the Welsh Government's preparedness for exiting the European Union. I'd also like to thank you for the opportunity to reply to this debate. I'm pleased to say that the Welsh Government, in our formal response, have accepted all of the recommendations in each of the reports. Of course, the situation in terms of each of these issues changes swiftly, as David Rees mentioned, and I welcome the additional questions and comments that we have heard today. I do not wish to spend time today discussing the appalling way that the UK Government has dealt with the Brexit negotiations and the crisis facing our nation as a result of that; there will be another opportunity to look at that situation tomorrow. But, I do have to say, once again, as I and other Cabinet Members have emphasised time and again, exiting the European Union without a deal will be disastrous, as Rhun ap Iorwerth and others have already mentioned. And at this eleventh hour, we encourage the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to secure a deal that would benefit Wales and the UK as a whole. Last week in the Assembly, a whole day of Plenary proceedings was allocated to outline the impacts of a 'no deal' Brexit on various sectors. This shows how significant the dangers for Wales are, in our view, if we do leave the European Union without a deal, and how grave the message is for the UK Government that they must secure a deal. The statements highlighted some of the most grave impacts that could arise from a 'no deal' exit and these can be seen, too, in the reports laid by the committee. I can't lay out the Welsh Government's response to all of the recommendations in the time available, but I can tell you what our response is to the most important issues. Many of the possible impacts of a 'no deal' Brexit stem from delays at borders, and I want to emphasise that the UK Government is entirely responsible for managing the UK's borders. We are working with them to understand and mitigate the impacts on our transport infrastructure, our business and on our people, but we, ourselves, can't decide on customs arrangements. The UK Government has decided not to put additional checks in place on goods from European Union nations, temporarily at least, if we were to leave without a deal. But this does not guarantee that goods will flow as freely as they currently do. If we do leave without a deal, then Ireland will have to treat goods from the UK as goods from a third country, including all the necessary checks, and that could lead to delays at Welsh ports. In most of our ports, we would be able to manage the impact of the delays within the space available in the ports themselves, but Holyhead would find it more difficult to cope with this. As the Minister for Economy and Transport said last Tuesday - and I refer Members to his statement on this issue, which could outline matters in more detail than the Government's response to the committee's recommendations, because it could refer to some of the confidentiality issues that applied at the time - although modelling work suggested that it was likely that we could keep the traffic delayed at Holyhead within the port itself, we have developed contingencies in order to have as little effect as possible on the locality. This includes looking at a number of sites that could be used as contingency spaces for lorries if there is delay at the border.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Cyn dechrau, rwyf am ddiolch i aelodau'r Pwyllgor Materion Allanol a Deddfwriaeth Ychwanegol am y tri adroddiad yn edrych ar baratoadau Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer ymadael â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd. A diolch, hefyd, am y cyfle i ymateb i'r drafodaeth hon. Rwy'n falch o ddweud bod Llywodraeth Cymru, yn ein hymateb ffurfiol, wedi derbyn pob un o'r argymhellion ym mhob un o'r adroddiadau. Wrth gwrs, mae'r sefyllfa o ran bob un o'r materion hyn yn newid yn gyflym, fel y soniodd David Rees, ac rwy'n croesawu'r cwestiynau a'r sylwadau ychwanegol rydyn ni wedi'u clywed heddiw. Dwi ddim wir am roi amser heddiw i drafod y ffordd druenus mae Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig wedi ymdrin â'r negodiadau Brexit a'r argyfwng sy'n wynebu ein gwlad o ganlyniad i hynny; bydd cyfle arall i edrych ar y sefyllfa yfory. Ond, mae'n rhaid imi ddweud, unwaith eto, fel yr ydw i ac Aelodau eraill o'r Cabinet wedi pwysleisio dro ar ôl tro, bydd ymadael â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd heb gytundeb yn drychinebus, fel y soniodd Rhun ap Iorwerth ac eraill. Ac ar y funud olaf hon hyd yn oed, rydyn ni'n annog Prif Weinidog y Deyrnas Unedig i sicrhau cytundeb sydd er budd Cymru a'r Deyrnas Unedig yn gyfan. Yr wythnos diwethaf yn y Cynulliad, neilltuwyd diwrnod cyfan o Gyfarfod Llawn i amlinellu'r effeithiau ymadael heb gytundeb ar draws gwahanol sectorau. Mae hyn yn dangos mor sylweddol, yn ein barn ni, yw'r peryglon i Gymru os byddwn yn ymadael heb gytundeb, ac mor ddifrifol yw'r neges i Lywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig: mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw sicrhau cytundeb. Roedd y datganiadau'n tynnu sylw at rai o'r effeithiau mwyaf difrifol a allai godi o ganlyniad i ymadael heb gytundeb, ac mae'r rhain i'w gweld yn yr adroddiadau a osodwyd gan y pwyllgor. Does dim modd i mi osod ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru i'r holl argymhellion o fewn yr amser sydd ar gael, ond gallaf ddweud yn fras beth yw'n hymateb i'r materion pwysig. Mae nifer o effeithiau posib ymadael heb gytundeb yn deillio o oedi wrth y ffiniau. Rwyf am bwysleisio mai Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig sy'n gwbl gyfrifol am reoli ffiniau'r Deyrnas Unedig. Rŷn ni'n gweithio gyda nhw i ddeall a lleddfu effaith y newidiadau ar ein seilwaith drafnidiaeth, ein busnesau a'n pobl, ond does dim modd i ni, ein hunain, benderfynu ar y trefniadau tollau. Mae Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig wedi penderfynu peidio â gosod gwiriadau ychwanegol ar nwyddau o wledydd yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, dros dro o leiaf, pe byddem yn ymadael heb gytundeb. Ond dydy hyn ddim yn gwarantu y bydd y nwyddau'n llifo mor rhydd ag y maen nhw ar hyn o bryd. Os byddwn ni'n ymadael heb gytundeb, bydd Iwerddon yn gorfod trin nwyddau o'r Deyrnas Unedig fel rhai o drydedd wlad, gan gynnwys yr holl wiriadau angenrheidiol, a gallai hynny achosi oedi ym mhorthladdoedd Cymru. Yn y rhan fwyaf o'n porthladdoedd, byddai modd rheoli effaith yr oedi o fewn y gofod sydd ar gael yn y porthladdoedd eu hunain, ond byddai Caergybi'n ei chael hi'n anoddach i ddygymod. Fel y dywedodd Gweinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth ddydd Mawrth diwethaf - ac rwy'n cyfeirio Aelodau at ei ddatganiad ar hyn, a oedd yn gallu amlinellu ychydig yn fwy nag ymateb ffurfiol y Llywodraeth i'r pwyllgor, oherwydd gallu cyfeirio at rai o'r elfennau cyfrinachedd oedd yn gymwys ar y pryd - er bod gwaith modelu'n awgrymu ei bod yn debygol y gellid cadw'r traffig a fyddai'n oedi yng Nghaergybi o fewn y porthladd, rŷn ni'n datblygu cynlluniau wrth gefn i amharu cyn lleied â phosib ar yr ardal leol. Mae hyn yn cynnwys edrych ar nifer o safleoedd y gellid eu defnyddio fel gofod wrth gefn ar gyfer lorïau os bydd oedi wrth y ffin.