English: Thank you, Presiding Officer. I'd better make the most of my opportunity then. Could I welcome the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure on the future of bus services, and also welcome his vision that there is a future for bus services, along the lines that he suggests? Because, of course, naturally, local bus services are the foundation of our public transport system, given the deprivation of large areas of Wales from any rail services at all. The majority of our population is entirely reliant on local bus services that allow them to go out when they can't drive. Often the only way they have to reach hospital or a health centre or the shops is the local bus. So, that local service is vital, because every day about 63,000 people depend entirely on bus services to travel to work, and some 350,000 journeys are made every day in order to reach hospital appointments, see friends, shop, or to do some kind of leisure activity. So, I welcome the fact that the Cabinet Secretary is persevering with his work to improve the provision of services across Wales. And, of course, I'm also very supportive of the five aims at the end of the statement, and look forward to the outcome of the consultation. Of course, many years ago now, the buses were a public service. Of course, it sapped a lot of money at the time but at least it was a service, although not perfect, that people could rely on. A bus would turn up in the same place, around the time you were expecting it to turn up. As I said, that service wasn't perfect, although it was a public service, and, of course, in the 1980s, a decision was made to privatise - or the word is to deregulate - with the idea of improving the service and saving money. Well, I would be happy to discuss with anyone - we haven't seen an improvement in the service, if you look across the board, and we certainly haven't saved any money either. As the Cabinet Secretary mentions in his statement, these services cost millions of pounds in public money every year. Therefore, deregulation hasn't achieved the vision that was seen back in the 1980s by a long chalk. What we have, in terms of buses, is a divided service that often fails on a local level, in terms of bus companies going bust, as we've seen recently, and people just can't rely on the bus turning up at the time it's supposed to turn up. That's one of the biggest complaints I receive. People wonder why people don't use the local bus, well, the thing is you can't rely on them. I try to catch the bus when I can, but if it's vital that you turn up to an appointment at a specific time, you can't depend on the bus, and people tend to make any other arrangement to ensure that they do get to such a place by the time they're supposed to turn up, because you can't rely on the bus. And, of course, as I've already mentioned, the split service of the buses that we have at the moment is sapping more public funds than ever before. The vision back in the 1980s of saving money and improving services hasn't been realised either. So, I do strongly support the Cabinet Secretary's vision in the objective that he has stated in his comprehensive statement this afternoon. The questions - the majority of them - that I wanted to ask, have already been asked, but it does leave one. Just a final point: has the Cabinet Secretary considered the best way of spending the £15 million of additional capital funding that was set aside for the local transport fund following the autumn statement? Would it be possible to use some, if not all of that fund, to help local bus services? Thank you .
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Fe fyddai'n well imi wneud yn fawr o'm nghyfle, felly. A allaf i groesawu datganiad Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a'r Seilwaith ar ddyfodol gwasanaethau bysiau, a hefyd croesawu ei weledigaeth ef bod yna ddyfodol i wasanaethau bysys, ar hyd y llinellau y mae o'n awgrymu? Achos, wrth gwrs, yn naturiol, gwasanaethau bysiau lleol ydy sylfaen ein system drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus ni, o gofio amddifadedd parthau eang o Gymru o unrhyw reilffordd o gwbl. Mae trwch ein poblogaeth ni yn gyfan gwbl ddibynnol ar wasanaeth bws lleol, sy'n eu galluogi nhw i fynd allan pan nad ydyn nhw'n gallu gyrru. Yr unig gysylltiad, yn aml, i gyrraedd ysbyty neu ganolfan iechyd neu i fynd i siopa ydy'r bws lleol. Felly, mae'r gwasanaeth lleol yna yn hanfodol bwysig, achos bob dydd mae yna ryw 63,000 o bobl yn dibynnu'n gyfan gwbl ar fysiau i deithio i'r gwaith ac mae rhyw 350,000 o deithiau yn cael eu gwneud bob dydd er mwyn cyrraedd apwyntiadau ysbyty, gweld ffrindiau, siopa neu wneud unrhyw weithgaredd hamdden. Felly, rwy'n croesawu bod yr Ysgrifennydd yn dyfalbarhau gyda'i waith i wella'r ddarpariaeth o wasanaethau ar draws Cymru. Ac, wrth gwrs, hefyd, rwy'n gefnogol iawn i'r pum nod sydd ar ddiwedd y datganiad, ac edrychwn ymlaen at ganlyniadau'r ymgynghoriad. Wrth gwrs, flynyddoedd mawr yn ôl nawr, gwasanaeth cyhoeddus oedd y bysys. Wrth gwrs, roedd yn sugno lot o arian ar y pryd ond o leiaf roedd yn wasanaeth, er nad yn berffaith, roedd pobl yn gallu dibynnu arno. Roedd yna fws yn troi lan yn yr un lle, rhywle yn agos i'r amser yr oeddech chi'n disgwyl iddo fe droi lan. Fel roeddwn i'n ei ddweud, nid oedd y gwasanaeth yna'n berffaith, er yn wasanaeth cyhoeddus, ac, wrth gwrs, yn y 1980au, fe benderfynwyd preifateiddio - neu'r gair ydy dadreoleiddio - gyda'r syniad o wella'r gwasanaeth ac i arbed arian. Wel, buaswn i'n fodlon trafod efo unrhyw un - nid ydym wedi gweld gwella yn y gwasanaeth, os ydych yn edrych ar draws y bwrdd, ac yn bendant nid ydym wedi cael arbed arian chwaith. Fel mae'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet yn crybwyll yn ei ddatganiad, mae'r gwasanaethau hyn yn costio rhai miliynau o bunnau o arian cyhoeddus bob blwyddyn. Felly, nid ydy dadreoleiddio wedi cyflawni beth oedd y weledigaeth nôl yn yr 1980au, o bell ffordd. Beth sydd gyda ni yn nhermau bysys ydy gwasanaeth rhanedig sy'n ffaelu yn lleol yn aml, o ran cwmnïau bysys yn mynd i'r wal, fel rydym ni wedi gweld yn ddiweddar, ac nid yw pobl yn gallu dibynnu ar y bws yn troi lan ar yr amser y mae e i fod i droi lan. Mae hynny'n un o'r cwynion amlaf rydw i'n eu cael. Mae pobl yn pendroni pam nad ydy pobl yn defnyddio'r bws lleol, wel, y peth ydy, fedrwch chi ddim dibynnu arnyn nhw. Rydw i'n ceisio dal y bws pan rydw i'n gallu, ond os yw hi'n gyfan gwbl angenrheidiol bod yn rhaid i chi droi lan i apwyntiad ar ryw amser penodol, fedrwch chi ddim dibynnu ar y bws, ac mae pobl yn tueddu i wneud unrhyw drefniant arall i wneud yn siŵr eu bod nhw'n cyrraedd yn y fan a'r fan erbyn yr amser maen nhw i fod i droi lan, achos fedrwch chi ddim dibynnu ar y bws. Ac, wrth gwrs, fel rydw i wedi crybwyll eisoes, mae gwasanaeth rhanedig y bysys sydd gyda ni ar hyn o bryd yn sugno mwy o arian cyhoeddus nag erioed o'r blaen. Nid yw'r weledigaeth yna nôl yn yr 1980au o arbed arian a gwella gwasanaethau wedi cael ei gwireddu chwaith. Felly, rydw i'n cefnogi'n gryf weledigaeth Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ei fwriad y mae wedi'i olrhain yn y datganiad cynhwysfawr yma y prynhawn yma. Mae'r cwestiynau - y rhan fwyaf ohonyn nhw - roeddwn i eisiau eu gofyn wedi cael eu gofyn eisoes, ond mae'n gadael un. Jest y pwynt olaf: a ydy'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet wedi ystyried y ffordd orau o wario'r £15 miliwn o gyllid cyfalaf ychwanegol a neilltuwyd ar gyfer y gronfa trafnidiaeth leol yn dilyn datganiad yr hydref? A oes modd defnyddio peth, os nad yr holl gronfa yna, er mwyn helpu gwasanaethau bysiau lleol? Diolch yn fawr.