English: I'd like to thank the Minister for her statement today, and it was very welcome to have that written statement yesterday, which, of course, is useful ahead of today's statement. I'm very grateful for that. I'd like to think that the result of today's announcement is a result of the contributions made at the Welsh Conservatives' debate last week. Many of those very frustrated residents who are yet to see the benefit of the Superfast Cymru project I hope will be encouraged that the further funding has been allocated to deliver universal access and extend broadband coverage to the hardest-to-reach premises by 2020. People will be suspicious as previous commitments have been missed - I'm not going to rehearse last week's debate - but I welcome the new investment today. As the Superfast Cymru project progresses, the debate, I would say, is moving away from access to take-up. Its priority, I would say, for value for money from the public purse and in bringing fast, reliable broadband to every property in Wales, is to devote much more attention to encouraging widespread take-up. I would say, regrettably, I think we haven't had very much today in regard to concrete measures that the Welsh Government is going to take to stimulate demand. I'd say it's all very well having first-class infrastructure, but if no-one uses it, it's a wasted opportunity. One of the criticisms that I had of the original contract was that only 0.6 per cent of the original budget allocation for the Superfast Cymru project was dedicated to encouraging take-up. The evaluation of the next generation broadband Wales programme also highlighted the lack of coherence and strategic approach to marketing and communications. So, I would be grateful if the Minister could set out how the Welsh Government intends to encourage universal take-up. In your statement, Minister, you refer to the fact that the Welsh Government will benefit from the gainshare clause in the Superfast Cymru contract, which means that between £30 million and £50 million will be available by 2023 to reinvest. Given the fact that the availability of this funding is incumbent on improving take-up, what proportion of the £80 million public funding will be attached to specifically encouraging the exploitation of superfast broadband in the intervention area? You've also confirmed that the all-Wales take-up is 29 per cent of the intervention area. However, can I ask you to provide a breakdown of the figures by local authority? The latest take-up figures that I have seen showed that in spite of 96 per cent and 93 per cent in Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr respectively, take-up only stood at 17 per cent. That's hardly a great conversion rate. And finally, I'd also have to say that the projected take-up of between 35 per cent and 50 per cent is insufficiently ambitious. A recent report for BT suggests that superfast take-up could approach 80 per cent of all premises in the UK by 2020. So, can I ask you what intention you have of revising your 2015 target upwards?
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei datganiad heddiw, a diolch am y datganiad ysgrifenedig ddoe, sydd, wrth gwrs, yn ddefnyddiol cyn y datganiad heddiw. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am hynny. Hoffwn feddwl fod canlyniad y cyhoeddiad heddiw yn ganlyniad y cyfraniadau a wnaed yn nadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yr wythnos diwethaf. Rwy'n gobeithio y caiff llawer o'r trigolion rhwystredig iawn hynny sydd eto i weld budd prosiect Cyflymu Cymru, eu calonogi gan y ffaith fod y cyllid ychwanegol wedi'i neilltuo ar gyfer sicrhau bod band eang cyflym iawn ar gael yn gyffredinol ac er mwyn ymestyn cwmpas band eang i'r safleoedd anoddaf eu cyrraedd, erbyn 2020. Bydd pobl yn amheus gan na chyflawnwyd ymrwymiadau blaenorol - nid wyf am ailadrodd dadl yr wythnos diwethaf - ond rwy'n croesawu'r buddsoddiad newydd heddiw. Wrth i'r prosiect Cyflymu Cymru fynd yn ei flaen, mae'r ddadl, yn fy marn i, yn pellhau oddi wrth sicrhau bod band eang cyflym iawn ar gael i bobl, ac yn nes at y defnydd ohono. Ei flaenoriaeth, yn fy marn i, o ran gwerth am arian o'r pwrs cyhoeddus ac o ran darparu band eang cyflym a dibynadwy i bob eiddo yng Nghymru, yw rhoi llawer mwy o sylw i annog defnydd ehangach ohono. Rwy'n credu, yn anffodus, nad ydym wedi cael gwybod ryw lawer heddiw am y mesurau pendant y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn mynd i'w cymryd i ysgogi galw. Yn fy marn i, un peth yw cael seilwaith o'r radd flaenaf, ond os nad oes neb yn ei ddefnyddio, mae'r cyfle wedi'i wastraffu. Un o'r beirniadaethau a gefais ynglŷn â'r contract gwreiddiol oedd mai dim ond 0.6 y cant o ddyraniad y gyllideb wreiddiol ar gyfer y prosiect Cyflymu Cymru a neilltuwyd i annog pobl i ddefnyddio band eang cyflym iawn. Gwnaeth y gwerthusiad o raglen band eang nesaf Cymru dynnu sylw hefyd at y diffyg cydgysylltedd a dull strategol o farchnata a chyfathrebu. Felly, byddwn i'n ddiolchgar pe gallai'r Gweinidog nodi sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu annog defnydd cyffredinol. Yn eich datganiad, Weinidog, rydych chi'n cyfeirio at y ffaith y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn elwa ar y cymal rhannu enillion yn rhan o'r contract Cyflymu Cymru, sy'n golygu y bydd rhwng £30 miliwn a £50 miliwn ar gael erbyn 2023 i'w ailfuddsoddi. O ystyried y ffaith bod pa un a yw'r cyllid hwn ar gael yn ddibynnol ar gynyddu'r nifer sy'n manteisio ar y cynllun, pa gyfran o'r £80 miliwn o gyllid cyhoeddus a gaiff ei neilltuo yn benodol ar gyfer annog datblygu band eang cyflym iawn yn yr ardal ymyrraeth? Rydych chi hefyd wedi cadarnhau mai 29 y cant o'r ardal ymyrraeth sy'n manteisio ledled Cymru ar fand eang cyflym iawn. Fodd bynnag, a gaf i ofyn i chi ddarparu dadansoddiad o'r ffigurau fesul awdurdod lleol? Roedd y ffigurau diweddaraf a welais mewn cysylltiad â manteisio yn dangos, er gwaethaf y 96 y cant ym Mlaenau Gwent a'r 93 y cant ym Merthyr yn y drefn honno, dim ond 17 y cant a wnaeth fanteisio. Prin bod honno'n gyfradd wych o drosi. Ac yn olaf, rwyf hefyd yn credu nad yw'r 35 y cant a'r 50 y cant y rhagwelir fydd yn manteisio, yn ganrannau digon uchelgeisiol. Awgryma adroddiad diweddar gan BT y gallai 80 y cant o'r holl eiddo yn y DU fod yn defnyddio band eang cyflym iawn erbyn 2020. Felly, a gaf i ofyn i chi pa fwriad sydd gennych o gynyddu eich targed 2015?