English: Minister, can I thank you for bringing forward this statement, on what is extremely troubling news? I fully agree with Dai Rees's contribution, as I always do, with regard to steel, but I cannot say that for some other contributions we've heard this afternoon. As you know, Minister, steelworkers in my constituency are desperately looking for this information, and I would welcome anything you could do to get that information to the workers and to the trade unions before February of next year. Steel production in Shotton and across Wales is a crucial part of the economy. Quality home-produced steel does keep us competitive, but you were right to say, Minister, that it is non-devolved issues that need to be addressed at a UK Government level. The workforce at Shotton are as skilled and dedicated a workforce as you will find anywhere in the world. Minister, we need to know that those who govern us support that workforce, and while you have consistently done all you can, the same cannot be said for the UK Conservative Government. If they consider the steel sector at all, it is an afterthought, and the fact that they have failed to hold a steel council meeting for 18 months, at a time when the global situation is so precarious, really spells out their failings. For the workers, their families and the community of Shotton, this is a familiar story. We have been let down before by the Tories in the 1980s - the single biggest redundancy in modern European history. Despite the general election, Minister, UK Government Ministers are still in office. Can you join me, and Members like Dai Rees, in urging them to engage and urging them to act, and, for once, to speak up and stand up for the British steel industry the way this Government does? Minister, finally, can I pick up a point that you raised in your response to Russell George with regard to infrastructure and projects across Wales using Welsh steel? What support, as a Welsh Government, can you offer in bringing projects and infrastructure projects, like the Heathrow logistics expansion hub, to Alyn and Deeside, to Shotton, where Tata Steel is shortlisted at the moment? Hopefully, with the right procurement of the UK steel charter, we can use UK steel and Welsh steel to build and bring that manufacturing hub to Alyn and Deeside.
Welsh: Gweinidog, a gaf i ddiolch i chi am gyflwyno'r datganiad hwn, am yr hyn sy'n newyddion hynod gythryblus? Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â chyfraniad Dai Rees, fel y gwnaf bob amser, o ran dur, ond ni allaf ddweud hynny am rai cyfraniadau eraill yr ydym wedi'u clywed y prynhawn yma. Fel y gwyddoch chi, Gweinidog, mae gweithwyr dur yn fy etholaeth i yn chwilio'n daer am yr wybodaeth hon, a byddwn i'n croesawu unrhyw beth y gallech ei wneud i gael yr wybodaeth honno i'r gweithwyr ac i'r undebau llafur cyn mis Chwefror y flwyddyn nesaf. Mae cynhyrchu dur yn Shotton a ledled Cymru yn rhan hanfodol o'r economi. Mae dur o safon sy'n cael ei gynhyrchu gartref yn ein cadw'n gystadleuol, ond roeddech yn iawn wrth ddweud, Gweinidog, bod angen mynd i'r afael â materion heb eu datganoli ar lefel Llywodraeth y DU. Mae gweithlu Shotton mor fedrus ac ymroddedig ag y gwelwch unrhyw le yn y byd. Gweinidog, mae angen inni wybod bod y rhai sy'n ein llywodraethu yn cefnogi'r gweithlu hwnnw, ac er eich bod chi wedi gwneud popeth y gallwch yn gyson, ni ellir dweud yr un peth am Lywodraeth Geidwadol y DU. Os ydyn nhw'n ystyried y sector dur o gwbl, ôl-ystyriaeth ydyw, ac mae'r ffaith eu bod wedi methu â chynnal cyfarfod o'r Cyngor dur ers 18 mis, ar adeg pan fo'r sefyllfa fyd-eang mor ansicr, yn egluro eu ffaeleddau yn wirioneddol. I'r gweithwyr, eu teuluoedd a'r gymuned yn Shotton, hen stori yw hon. Rydym wedi ein siomi o'r blaen gan y Torïaid yn y 1980au - yr achos unigol mwyaf o ddiswyddo mewn hanes Ewropeaidd modern. Er gwaethaf yr etholiad cyffredinol, Gweinidog, mae Gweinidogion Llywodraeth y DU yn dal mewn grym. A allwch chi ymuno â mi, ac Aelodau fel Dai Rees, i'w hannog i ymgysylltu a'u hannog i weithredu, ac, am unwaith, i godi eu llais a sefyll dros ddiwydiant dur Prydain fel y mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn ei wneud? Gweinidog, yn olaf, a gaf i godi pwynt y gwnaethoch ei godi yn eich ymateb i Russell George ynghylch seilwaith a phrosiectau ledled Cymru sy'n defnyddio dur Cymru? Pa gefnogaeth, fel Llywodraeth Cymru, allwch chi ei gynnig i ddenu prosiectau a phrosiectau seilwaith, fel canolfan ehangu logisteg Heathrow, i Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy, i Shotton, lle mae Tata Steel ar y rhestr fer ar hyn o bryd? Trwy gaffael siarter dur y DU yn iawn, gobeithio y gallwn ddefnyddio dur y DU a dur Cymru i adeiladu a dod â'r ganolfan weithgynhyrchu honno i Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy.