English: Can I thank Jenny Rathbone for the important points that she makes about manufacturing? Manufacturing businesses employ 10 per cent of the Welsh workforce. Across the UK, the equivalent percentage is 8 per cent, and so manufacturing is more important to Wales than it is to the UK generally in terms of the value that it adds the economy. Members may be aware that I recently launched a manufacturing plan for consultation. It's out for consultation until the middle of October; I'd encourage all Members to make their thoughts and views known in regard to the plan. It contains proposed actions that directly touch on what Jenny Rathbone has outlined: a need to reskill, a need to identify new opportunities for manufacturing businesses and workers. I can say that in terms of the closure of Ford, I was listening diligently to questions to my friend and colleague Rebecca Evans earlier. A written statement regarding the closure of the Bridgend plant was issued on 24 September, and pretty much every member of staff at that plant received support from Careers Wales, through the regional employment response team, helping them identify what their skills are and how they might be able to capture employment opportunities at other businesses - or crucially, start their own business, and a good number of people at Ford have started their own businesses. Jenny Rathbone will be aware that a jobs and skills matching service is being operated by Working Wales and that we recently announced an additional £40 million of funding for individuals to gain the skills or to reskill in areas of activity where we know jobs will be in existence in the years to come. I think COVID has demonstrated how many of our manufacturers are able to turn their hand to new opportunities as well. We know that, for example, at the advanced manufacturing research centre, a very significant number of aerospace workers turned their hands to producing PPE, and as a result of that work, we are now stealing a march on some international manufacturers in terms of producing vital equipment for our domestic market. So within the manufacturing plan, which is out for consultation at the moment, there is a very, very significant focus on shortening supply chains and reshoring manufacturing opportunities here in Wales.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Jenny Rathbone am y pwyntiau pwysig y mae hi'n eu gwneud am weithgynhyrchu? Mae busnesau gweithgynhyrchu'n cyflogi 10 y cant o'r gweithlu yng Nghymru. Ledled y DU, y ganran gyfatebol yw 8 y cant, ac felly mae gan weithgynhyrchu le pwysicach yng Nghymru nag yn y DU yn gyffredinol o ran ei gyfraniad i'r economi. Efallai fod yr Aelodau yn ymwybodol fy mod i wedi lansio cynllun gweithgynhyrchu ar gyfer ymgynghoriad yn ddiweddar. Ymgynghorir arno tan ganol mis Hydref; rwy'n annog pob Aelod i fynegi ei farn a'i safbwynt ynglŷn â'r cynllun. Mae'n cynnwys camau gweithredu arfaethedig sy'n cyffwrdd yn uniongyrchol â'r hyn a amlinellodd Jenny Rathbone: yr angen am ailsgilio, yr angen am nodi cyfleoedd newydd i fusnesau a gweithwyr gweithgynhyrchu. Gallaf ddweud fy mod i, o ran cau Ford, yn gwrando'n astud ar y cwestiynau i'm cyfaill a'm cyd-Aelod Rebecca Evans yn gynharach. Fe gyhoeddwyd datganiad ysgrifenedig ynghylch cau gwaith Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr ar 24 Medi, ac fe gafodd bron pob aelod o staff yn y gwaith hwnnw gymorth gan Gyrfa Cymru, drwy'r tîm ymateb cyflogaeth rhanbarthol, gan eu helpu nhw i nodi pa sgiliau sydd ganddyn nhw a sut y gallen nhw gael cyfleoedd cyflogaeth mewn busnesau eraill - neu'n hollbwysig, y gallen nhw ddechrau eu busnesau eu hunain, ac mae nifer dda o bobl a oedd yn Ford wedi dechrau eu busnesau eu hunain. Bydd Jenny Rathbone yn ymwybodol bod gwasanaeth paru swyddi a sgiliau yn cael ei weithredu gan Gyrfa Cymru a'n bod ni wedi cyhoeddi £40 miliwn ychwanegol o gyllid yn ddiweddar i unigolion ar gyfer ennill y sgiliau neu ailsgilio mewn meysydd o weithgarwch lle gwyddom y bydd swyddi'n bodoli yn y blynyddoedd i ddod. Rwy'n credu bod COVID wedi dangos bod cymaint o'n gweithgynhyrchwyr ni'n gallu troi eu llaw at gyfleoedd newydd hefyd. Fe wyddom, er enghraifft, yn y ganolfan ymchwil gweithgynhyrchu uwch, fod nifer sylweddol iawn o weithwyr awyrofod wedi troi eu llaw at gynhyrchu Cyfarpar Diolgelwch Personol, ac o ganlyniad i'r gwaith hwnnw, rydym nawr yn achub y blaen ar rai gweithgynhyrchwyr rhyngwladol o ran cynhyrchu offer hanfodol ar gyfer ein marchnad ddomestig ni. Felly, o fewn y cynllun gweithgynhyrchu, yr ymgynghorir arno ar hyn o bryd, mae yna ganolbwyntio mawr iawn ar gwtogi cadwyni cyflenwi a chynnal cyfleoedd o ran gweithgynhyrchu unwaith eto yma yng Nghymru.