English: I'm pleased to take part in this afternoon's debate, welcoming the announcement of the UK Government's industrial strategy. We've heard in the opening remarks from Russell George about some details of that strategy, placing education and skills at the heart of the economy, and re-establishing in some measure technical education, too long undervalued, as David Melding mentioned in the previous debate. We clearly need to lift literacy and numeracy skills, and many people are falling short of the threshold needed for skilled employment in Wales. At the heart of this debate is the need for a Welsh industrial strategy, and a strategy as soon as possible. We know that the Welsh Government capital budgets will benefit from an extra £400 million over the next five years as a result of last year's autumn statement, but this needs to be channelled into capital projects. We believe that rather than an ad hoc approach to this, it would be better to have a strategy that underpins this spending. I listened as always to Adam Price's comments earlier, and I take some of your points, Adam, about the need for a Welsh dimension and a Welsh solution to Welsh problems - as you say, that's what devolution is all about - but I think to try and isolate that from a broader UK strategy doesn't seem to me to make any sense. Yes, we may want to enhance the north-south transport and economic links within Wales - yes, of course, we all do - but at the same time those east-west links have served Wales very well. The M4, the A55 - like them or not, they are the key arteries, and have been for a long time, of the Welsh economy, and they do integrate us into a wider economy, as my neighbour, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, pointed out a few moments ago. What is the nature of the border between England and Wales? Actually, it is England and Wales, and whilst we strive to seek a distinct Welshness - and all of us in this Chamber are here to do that - we do have to recognise that those links do exist from Cardiff to Bristol and from the north of Wales across to Liverpool. Those are there, and they will remain there until there is a viable alternative. And I think all of us in this Chamber do want there to be increasingly viable alternatives. We don't want the Welsh economy to be - . I'm looking at Nathan Gill, who's caught my eye - he doesn't want the Welsh economy to be dependent on the European economy. We don't want the Welsh economy to be too dependent on any other economy, other than the necessary trade. We do want a home-grown economy here in Wales, and one that looks to the future and deals with some of the underfunding deficiencies that we've had in the past. Adam Price.
Welsh: Rwy'n falch o gymryd rhan yn y ddadl y prynhawn yma i groesawu'r cyhoeddiad am strategaeth ddiwydiannol Llywodraeth y DU. Clywsom yn y sylwadau agoriadol gan Russell George am rai o fanylion y strategaeth honno, sy'n gosod addysg a sgiliau yn ganolog i'r economi, ac sy'n ailsefydlu rhyw gymaint o addysg dechnegol, a danbrisiwyd yn rhy hir, fel y soniodd David Melding yn y ddadl flaenorol. Yn amlwg, mae angen i ni wella sgiliau llythrennedd a rhifedd, ac mae llawer o bobl yn methu cyrraedd y trothwy angenrheidiol ar gyfer cyflogaeth sgil uchel yng Nghymru. Yn ganolog i'r ddadl hon, mae'r angen am strategaeth ddiwydiannol i Gymru, a hynny cyn gynted â phosibl. Rydym yn gwybod y bydd cyllidebau cyfalaf Llywodraeth Cymru yn elwa o £400 miliwn yn ychwanegol dros y pum mlynedd nesaf o ganlyniad i ddatganiad yr hydref y llynedd, ond mae angen i hwn gael ei sianelu tuag at brosiectau cyfalaf. Yn hytrach na defnyddio hwn mewn modd ad hoc, credwn y buasai'n well cael strategaeth sy'n sail i'r gwariant hwn. Gwrandewais fel arfer ar sylwadau Adam Price yn gynharach, ac rwy'n derbyn rhai o'ch pwyntiau, Adam, ynglŷn â'r angen am ddimensiwn Cymreig ac ateb Cymreig i broblemau Cymreig - fel y dywedwch, dyna beth yw diben datganoli - ond nid wyf yn credu bod ceisio ynysu hynny oddi wrth strategaeth ehangach ar gyfer y DU i'w weld yn gwneud unrhyw synnwyr. Efallai ein bod eisiau gwella'r cysylltiadau trafnidiaeth gogledd-de a chysylltiadau economaidd yng Nghymru - wrth gwrs ein bod i gyd eisiau hynny - ond ar yr un pryd mae'r cysylltiadau dwyrain-gorllewin wedi gwasanaethu Cymru'n dda iawn. Yr M4, yr A55 - pa un a ydych yn hoffi hynny ai peidio, hwy yw prif wythiennau economi Cymru, a hynny ers amser hir, ac maent yn ein hintegreiddio ag economi ehangach, fel y nododd fy nghymydog, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, ychydig eiliadau'n ôl. Beth yw natur y ffin rhwng Lloegr a Chymru? A Lloegr a Chymru ydyw mewn gwirionedd, ac er ein bod yn ymdrechu i anelu tuag at Gymreictod arwahanol - ac mae pob un ohonom yn y Siambr yma i wneud hynny - mae'n rhaid inni gydnabod bod y cysylltiadau hynny yn bodoli o Gaerdydd i Fryste ac o ogledd Cymru draw i Lerpwl. Mae'r rheini yno, a byddant yn aros yno hyd nes y ceir dewis amgen ymarferol. Ac rwy'n meddwl bod pob un ohonom yn y Siambr hon yn dymuno gweld dewisiadau amgen sy'n gynyddol ymarferol. Nid ydym am i economi Cymru fod - . Rwy'n edrych ar Nathan Gill, sydd wedi dal fy llygad - nid yw ef am i economi Cymru fod yn ddibynnol ar yr economi Ewropeaidd. Nid ydym am i economi Cymru fod yn rhy ddibynnol ar unrhyw economi arall, ar wahân i'r fasnach sy'n angenrheidiol. Rydym eisiau economi gynhenid, ac un sy'n edrych tua'r dyfodol ac yn mynd i'r afael â rhai o'r diffygion tanariannu a gawsom yn y gorffennol. Adam Price.