English: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. I've been looking at the Minister's list of responsibilities and they include, amongst many other things, strategic direction and management of Welsh Government resources, strategic investment, financial accounting and audit, and value for money and effectiveness. The Wales Audit Office has recently published a report called 'Welsh Government Financial Support for Business' and I'd like to ask a few questions arising out of that. The principal criticism that the Auditor General for Wales had in that report was that 'The Welsh Government did not fully translate its vision for economic renewal into a co-ordinated programme of financial support to businesses', and that the Government 'has monitored individual projects separately but has not managed financial support to businesses as a programme'. We've seen a number of fiascos, which are listed in the report, including: the well-known one of Griffin Place Communications, the £600,000 set-up grant for 127 jobs, which was all lost; Oysterworld, a computer game developer, which had £1.5 million altogether; Mainport Engineering, a fabrication engineering company; and Kancoat, of course - another well-known case - a metal-coil-coating production line. These are very, very diverse grants and loans that have been given. I wonder if the Minister can tell me what steps she's taken and what discussions she might have had in Government since that report was published a few months ago, to ensure that any future support for businesses by Welsh Government isn't a piecemeal ragbag of grants, but a co-ordinated programme with clear vision and proper control.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Rwyf wedi bod yn edrych ar restr y Gweinidog o gyfrifoldebau ac maent yn cynnwys, ymhlith llawer o bethau, cyfeiriad strategol a rheoli adnoddau Llywodraeth Cymru, buddsoddi strategol, cyfrifyddu ac archwilio ariannol, a gwerth am arian ac effeithiolrwydd. Yn ddiweddar, cyhoeddodd Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru adroddiad o'r enw 'Cymorth Ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer Busnesau', a hoffwn ofyn ychydig o gwestiynau sy'n deillio o hynny. Y brif feirniadaeth a oedd gan Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru yn yr adroddiad hwnnw oedd nad oedd Llywodraeth Cymru 'wedi trosi'n llwyr ei gweledigaeth ar gyfer adnewyddu'r economi yn rhaglen gydgysylltiedig o gymorth ariannol i fusnesau', a bod y Llywodraeth 'wedi monitro prosiectau unigol ar wahân, ond nid yw wedi llwyddo i reoli cymorth ariannol i fusnesau fel rhaglen'. Rydym wedi gweld sawl ffiasgo, a restrir yn yr adroddiad, gan gynnwys: ffiasgo enwog Griffin Place Communications, y grant sefydlu o £600,000 ar gyfer 127 o swyddi, a gollwyd i gyd; Oysterworld, datblygwr gemau cyfrifiadurol, a gafodd gyfanswm o £1.5 miliwn; Mainport Engineering, cwmni saernïo a pheiriannu; a Kancoat, wrth gwrs - achos enwog arall - llinell gynhyrchu ar gyfer araenu coiliau metel. Mae'r rhain yn fenthyciadau a grantiau amrywiol iawn a roddwyd. Tybed a all y Gweinidog ddweud wrthyf pa gamau y mae wedi eu cymryd a pha drafodaethau y gall fod wedi'u cael yn y Llywodraeth ers cyhoeddi'r adroddiad hwnnw ychydig fisoedd yn ôl, i sicrhau nad yw unrhyw gymorth i fusnesau gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn y dyfodol yn gybolfa dameidiog o grantiau, ond yn rhaglen gydgysylltiedig gyda gweledigaeth glir a rheolaeth briodol.