English: Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement today? I'm not going to be long, you'll be pleased to know, Llywydd, in response to this statement, because, of course, there's not a great deal that's new in it. In fact, you could have been fooled into thinking that we were still in the pre-election period that we saw prior to the landslide election result that saw your numbers reduced significantly here in Wales in terms of Labour MPs. What we do know, of course, is that, in advance of that particular election, there was a very, very clear commitment from the Conservative Party and from Boris Johnson which said - and I'll refer you to page 41 on the UK Conservative Party manifesto - it says, 'Wales will receive at least the same level of financial support as it currently receives from the EU'. It's there in black and white; it's a clear commitment that the UK Government is absolutely signed up to and will deliver. Indeed, the new Secretary of State for Wales, who I very much welcome to his post, Simon Hart, has categorically said that Wales will continue to receive not a penny less from the UK Government when compared to the finances it currently receives from the EU. And of course, you've already, I know, as a Government, had some positive engagement with the new Secretary of State, and there is very much a respect agenda. I was just watching media reports yesterday where the new Secretary of State was making it absolutely clear that the UK Government has no intention of parking its tanks on the lawn of the Welsh Government in respect of overstepping the devolution boundaries and settlement. It wants to work with the Welsh Government to deliver the benefits that can arise from Brexit as we leave the EU. Now, we all know that the reality, the sad reality, the sad fact of the matter, is that when it comes to EU structural funds, they have not worked here in Wales. Unfortunately, the gap between our GDP here in Wales versus the average GDP across the whole of the European Union has not narrowed, and that's the whole purpose of the structural funds that were made available. We've seen round after round of those structural funds and yes, of course we've seen some improvements in our transport infrastructure and we've seen some investment, particularly capital investment, in different parts of Wales, but they haven't delivered the sea change that those funds were designed to deliver. So we've got to do something differently, and the reality is that the shared prosperity fund gives us an opportunity to do something differently, and it gives us an opportunity to better target that assistance to those parts of Wales that currently completely miss out on any prospect of receiving EU structural funds because they're not in west Wales and the Valleys. So will you agree with me - just a few questions, now, if I may - that it's equally important that the Welsh Government also subscribes to this very clear respect agenda that the UK Government has set out? I welcome the fact that you refer to greater decision making to be made at local levels in the statement - I think that's very welcome indeed. Can you tell us how and why you're not getting on with that anyway? It doesn't take the fact that you don't know enough information about the shared prosperity fund to act as a Welsh Government and devolve more decision making down to a more local level. Perhaps you could tell us what the road block to just getting on with that is in any case. And can you tell us also how you're going to ensure that, when you do have a seat at the table in terms of making and shaping the way that the prosperity fund works, particularly in terms of the way that the cash is distributed across Wales, can you assure us that when you're making the case for investment in certain places, you will not overlook those parts of Wales that, unfortunately, I think, feel as though they've had a rough deal from the Welsh Government in the past in terms of the way that you've carved up cash, particularly north Wales, mid Wales and west Wales? Thank you.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i chi, Gweinidog, am eich datganiad heddiw? Ni fyddaf i'n hir, fe fyddwch chi'n falch o wybod, Llywydd, wrth ymateb i'r datganiad hwn, oherwydd, wrth gwrs, nid oes llawer iawn ynddo sy'n newydd. Yn wir, fe allech chi fod wedi cael eich twyllo i gredu ein bod ni'n parhau i fod yn y cyfnod cyn yr etholiad a chyn y fuddugoliaeth ysgubol yn yr etholiad a welodd eich niferoedd ASau Llafur yn gostwng yn sylweddol yma yng Nghymru. Yr hyn a wyddom, wrth gwrs, yw ein bod ni, cyn yr etholiad arbennig hwnnw, wedi cael ymrwymiad clir iawn gan y Blaid Geidwadol a chan Boris Johnson a ddywedodd - ac fe'ch cyfeiriaf chi at dudalen 41 ym maniffesto Plaid Geidwadol y DU - fe ddywed, 'Bydd Cymru yn cael o leiaf yr un lefel o gymorth ariannol â'r hyn y mae'n ei chael gan yr UE ar hyn o bryd'. Mae yno mewn du a gwyn; dyma ymrwymiad clir y mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi ymrwymo iddo ac y bydd yn ei gyflawni. Yn wir, mae Ysgrifennydd Gwladol newydd Cymru, Simon Hart, yr wyf i'n ei groesawu'n fawr i'r swydd, wedi dweud yn ddiamwys na fydd Cymru yn cael yr un geiniog yn llai gan Lywodraeth y DU na'r hyn y mae'n ei gael ar hyn o bryd gan yr UE. Ac wrth gwrs, rydych chi eisoes, rwy'n gwybod, fel Llywodraeth, wedi cael ymgysylltiad cadarnhaol â'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol newydd, ac mae agenda o barch i raddau helaeth iawn. Roeddwn i'n edrych ar adroddiadau yn y cyfryngau ddoe ddiwethaf lle'r oedd yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol newydd yn ei gwneud hi'n gwbl glir nad oes gan Lywodraeth y DU unrhyw fwriad i dresmasu ar diriogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru a mynd dros unrhyw ffiniau a setliad datganoli. Mae'n awyddus i weithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau'r manteision a all ddeillio o Brexit wrth inni ymadael â'r UE. Nawr, rydym ni i gyd yn gwybod mai'r gwirionedd, y gwirionedd digalon, y gwir trist amdani yw nad yw cronfeydd strwythurol yr UE wedi gweithio yng Nghymru. Yn anffodus, nid yw'r bwlch rhwng ein cynnyrch mewnwladol crynswth yma yng Nghymru yn ôl CMC cyfartalog ledled yr Undeb Ewropeaidd yn ei gyfanrwydd wedi lleihau, a dyna holl ddiben y cronfeydd strwythurol. Rydym wedi gweld y cronfeydd strwythurol hynny'n dod dro ar ôl tro ac ydym, wrth gwrs, rydym wedi gweld rhai gwelliannau yn ein seilwaith trafnidiaeth ac rydym wedi gweld rhywfaint o fuddsoddiad, yn enwedig buddsoddiad cyfalaf, mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru, ond nid ydynt wedi gwireddu'r gweddnewidiad a fwriadwyd. Felly, mae'n rhaid inni wneud rhywbeth yn wahanol, a'r gwirionedd yw bod y gronfa ffyniant a rennir yn rhoi cyfle inni wneud rhywbeth yn wahanol, ac yn gyfle inni anelu'r cymorth hwnnw'n well i'r rhannau hynny o Gymru sy'n colli allan yn gyfangwbl ar hyn o bryd ar unrhyw obaith o gael cronfeydd strwythurol yr UE gan nad ydyn nhw yn y Gorllewin neu'r Cymoedd. Felly, a wnewch chi gytuno â mi - cwestiwn neu ddau, nawr, os caf i - ei bod yr un mor bwysig i Lywodraeth Cymru gefnogi'r agenda glir hon o barch y mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi ei gosod? Rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith eich bod yn cyfeirio at wneud mwy o benderfyniadau ar lefelau lleol yn y datganiad - rwy'n credu bod hynny i'w groesawu'n fawr. A wnewch chi ddweud wrthym ni sut a pham nad ydych chi'n bwrw ymlaen â hynny beth bynnag? Nid yw'r ffaith nad ydych chi'n gwybod digon am y gronfa ffyniant a rennir i weithredu fel Llywodraeth Cymru yn eich rhwystro chi rhag datganoli mwy o benderfyniadau i lawr i lefel fwy lleol. Efallai y gallech ddweud wrthym beth sy'n eich rhwystro chi rhag bwrw ymlaen â hynny beth bynnag. A phan fydd gennych chi sedd wrth y bwrdd wrth lunio a mowldio'r ffordd y mae'r gronfa ffyniant yn gweithio, yn enwedig o ran sut y dosberthir yr arian ledled Cymru, a allwch chi roi sicrwydd i ni, wrth gyflwyno'r achos dros fuddsoddi mewn rhai mannau, na fyddwch chi'n diystyru'r rhannau hynny o Gymru sydd, yn anffodus, yn fy marn i, yn teimlo fel petaen nhw wedi cael eu trin yn annheg gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn y gorffennol o ran y ffordd yr ydych chi wedi rhannu arian parod, yn enwedig y Gogledd, y Canolbarth a'r Gorllewin? Diolch.